El Mil Chistes or 1989

for Amy

Researchers say
there are 1000 jokes

being told
every single second.

At least 13 of them
are being told

in Spanish
in Merida

and I just don’t get ’em.
But, that doesn’t mean

I don’t love you.
There are tanks

and a guy in
Tiananmen Square,

he’s just kind of standing there.
The Ayatollah’s dead

as a mother-fuckin’ doornail.
A doornail.

Fare thee well, must be a special
place in hell.

I say we rent a car
and throw some money at freedom.

Girl, let’s just go ahead and go
right, straight

on to Progreso.

–May 27, 2017