“X (La Equis)” by Dan Grossman

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X (La Equis)
El Paso–Juárez

Not the neo-Nazi
social media platform
run by Elon Musk 
(formerly Twitter)
but the 200 ft. high sculpture 
rising on the south bank 
of the Rio Grande
in Juarez, Mexico
with its massive red arms
forming the letter “X”
evoking the conflux
of Spanish and Aztec blood.

Musk, in between 
preparing
for Mars migration,
and tweeting in his jet,
takes the time to sacrifice
his trans daughter
on the ideological altar
he shares 
with Jordan Peterson
by declaring her “dead.”

In Juarez, meanwhile, 
the cartels are accepting 
blood as currency
from passing migrants
in La Equis’ shadow
while sicarios
patrol the border
in Teslas,
sporting guns 
manufactured 
by the US version
of JNGC and Los Zetas.

But X/SpaceX/Tesla 
is also a cartel. Watch 
Musk shoot up sky monsters
into space
from the other end of Texas
directing traffic
above the clouds
while pushing civil war 
and blood libel below.
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