Titingó

A poem about an afro-caribbean word.

Burning of the Plaine du Cap. Public Domain Image (via)

adjacent to clusterfuck —
a mess pregnant with onomatopoeias;
flying chairs, curses & ¡PUÑETA!.

useful when a drop spills the cup —
handy when heads are split, spilling blood;
mothers crying and wailing ambulances.

a sign of the ancient prey we were —
a name for old, epigenetic anxieties;
a Jungian crystal trembles on my tongue.