Olga Garcia
after a photo in a Tijuana newspaper
in the wasteland, over a flattened plastic garbage bag as altar for their consecration, the two heads face each other.
someone puts invisible tape on their eyelids to hold open their eyes,
grooms their hair and in vain, closes their mouths.
All this Holy Coliseum for their debutant photo on Tijuana’s front page!
listen to their inner demons invoke their ruptured scrotums,
their severed necks and beer bellies.
listen to the hissing of Santa Muerte* in the strangled breath.
*Holy Death: the custom of worshipping death derived from the Aztecs and still practiced in Mexican culture. Recently, this custom has gained popularity with criminal gangs and drug cartels.
Olga Garcia was born and raised in Torreón, México. A Physics and Mathematics major, she writes poetry in English and Spanish. Her work has been published in local and international anthologies.A member of the Advisory Board of San Diego Writers Ink, she lives seven minutes away from the Tijuana-San Diego border.
