My country is burning
My country is burning
after the privatization of the Puerto Rican power grid
burn count—
cry
on bony
mount
busy mourning—
run to
not sin
grit rung
bring misty cunt
you sting
unto being i,
young sob,
stun grin
turn to sing:
morning rot
got brim
torn crib
trying on
my urn
storm bounty—
my story,
sir,
cuts— sunny
ruins
Arocho Hernández, Nicole. "My country is burning". Proyecto de la literatura puertoriqueña/Puerto Rican Literature Project, 2024.
Derechos: Nicole Arocho Hernández