CUTTING DEAD FISH


Upper class customers
Similar to the ones
Whose pictures are
Being taken by the army
At Mexican checkpoints

They ask for
The skin to come off

Any knife
Will have to do
And I use
Hand armor
Only when provided

A dangerous profession
With a low wage

The store manager
With his leisure boat
And brand new house
A pick up truck
A sports utility vehicle
A Spanish last name
David Arias
But without the Spanish language
¿No habla español?
He doesn’t speak Sundays either
The day of the Lord
The 7th day
The day of the sun