It helps to be
non-white
and Catholic
and Catholic
the last death
is easy
it’s the first
that’s hard
peeling the apple
to the core
‘til the onion
layers
expose an empty
middle
and tears
it helps
not to worry
onions grow again
seeded apples
multiply
while feeding the
birds
and the small
rodents
as the bugs
break bread
it’s never hard
to
be first
when at last
it helps
never to worry
peeling away
the core
and expose the tear
to empty
to peel
to the layer
and multiply
at last
A. MENDOZA, 2017
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