fata morgana

if i could have gone back i would have gone back

but

floating army tanks rolled

over government agents

and snatched a plainclothes security officer

from the nezahualcoyotl reservoir

 

if i could have gone back i would have

gone back but

a star that lies cool,

well-schooled and forensically-skilled

has repeatedly prank called america’s top spy

 

a recurring nemesis

a promising sign of the night sky

scrapers poking out of the clouds

if i could have gone back i would have gone back