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My Revolutionary Hat

You wannabe gringa
Soft dorm-room dreaming
Through street protests
And bones breaking on pavement 

I should be soaked in sweat
Protecting your brilliant head
From the beating Venezuelan sun
But you are pale from the Boston winter 

And wounded
Hand cramps from typing
Headaches from reading
Sore throat from lecturing 

Perched on books and papers
I watch you type up models
And break down
What good is your God-damned intelligence? 

Your bed-time prayers
Put you to sleep
While your country feasts on air
And bleeds out oil 

Deborah Plana