At the corner bodega
some el gato genial
told me they sell tamales
& mudslides in the musty cellar
after closing time on Friday nights
december two thousand twenty-four
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when the talks stalled
the prisoner was handcuffed
blindfolded & relocated
to a safe house two towns down
it was not the first time
they had come this close to getting
their name back
not the last time the sun would rise
without their knowledge
june two thousand twenty-four
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it’s become public knowledge
bounty hunters
have been going after hand-picked fat cats
of all stripes
mostly from first-world countries
on land or at sea
according to non-governmental officials
aliens life forms have assimilated
with humans for decades now
cooperating in covert operations
in nonviolent ways
some say they are the
bounty hunters
their influence game-changing
meticulously reengineering the warlords
within the human genome
may two thousand twenty-four
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