by Charles P. Ries (Wisconsin)
Source: Monje Malo Speaks English (2003)
p. 17
The Matador handed me the bull's severed ear,
a trophy of his victory and the bull's predictable defeat.
They called him El Tiempo Grande
They save the biggest bull for last.
His ear filled my hand.
I raised it to the sky and to the crowd
saluting El Torro's strength, and rage, and defeat
at the hands of Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza.
Pressing the bull's ear to my own, I heard:
the morning of his birth
the pastures of Southern Mexico
the blood as it seeped into the ground
the last glimpse of the sun
the tears as they cut his throat.
As they dragged his carcass out of Plaza de Toros.
I saluted and cheered him again
he who symbolized the burden of rage.
and the insanity of being born male.
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Marlboro Man On Michigan Avenue
by Charles P. Ries (Wisconsin)
Source: Monje Malo Speaks English (2003), p.13
Sitting on the sidewalk outside
Sak's Fifth Avenue, he didn't
look too crazy. Long gray beard,
clean white tee shirt and blue jeans.
But his eyes were crazy. Focused
at the end of his quickly dwinding
butt, chug a' lugging it like a Pabst
Blue Ribbon.
Maybe he was the guy who said
the shoes, not wanting to waste
time with a Big Mac on his lunch
break. Sucking up cigs for an
early afternoon buzz that would carry
him closing time.
A smoking pro, he caradled his
three inch joy stick with his
ten finger tips as I watched him
down that Marlboro in 30 seconds
waiting for the light to turn green.
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Mexicans Love A King
by Charles P. Ries (Wisconsin)
Source:: Monje Malo Speaks English, (2003), p. 15
Available in print edition.
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