Consequently seventeen point two-five percent of rail mileage
mineral railroad owned leased pri-vah-tized . . .
Amurkan capital assumes complete control
of Meskin railroads / oil / agriculture / & mining
& biggest share of financial structuring
of telegraphs / telephones / & urban transport
O Mexico / passed into network webbed of Amurkan economic interests
conquering world markets & so far from dios & so
close / just yonder along that fence yes &
uye / & vayan con dios cabrones b/c Amurkans don’t espeak Spanich
“. . . large numbers of foreign companies / most of them Amurkan
“entered Messico as lows extrahnhayroes became interested in industry
“/ los Messacains gradually withdrew / . . . ” jumpin borders indeed
our United States of Amurka
for:
from 1900-1910
USA slid into Mexica
100% red/white/blue Amurkan
chorizo
& left next morn w/ more
than one-quarter
of that neighbor’s national wealth
yea that’s freedom / for some
1880-1910
swaths of land expropriations during Diaz dictatorship
occurred along or on planned railroad routes
powder in big wind
& Sr. Holy Ford: “figate: I was sent from highest heaven
“endowed w/ special knowledge of industry / I use
“good grammar / I stand up straight / & I believe
“I do mankind most good making cars
“that’s my business / & you know what else
“that’s beautiful b/c industry is culture / b/c
“culture is practice / & that’s beautiful . . .
“everything shd be a thing of beauty--
“well thought out & well methodical . . .”
¿Aye?
indeed: sd one Zukofsky: “railways & highways have tied
“blood of farmland & town
“& the chains
“speed wheat to machine”
& so if ye can’t win them
run to them & join them
go Messkins git on up ‘ere to ‘murka but don’t get too comfy beaner
ye’re allowed a bit but not too much don’t be stingy now
hey there’s their tierra over there
otra tierra mahs aya
trickle trickle picked wind
& off roars & gray & more gray
nopales fat w/ life paddles & paddles of it
& sigh & stomp
rain / sweet come w/ me
waves & night & branching
see there’s world there—more—over there
there’s world there—more world—move there
mineral railroad owned leased pri-vah-tized . . .
Amurkan capital assumes complete control
of Meskin railroads / oil / agriculture / & mining
& biggest share of financial structuring
of telegraphs / telephones / & urban transport
O Mexico / passed into network webbed of Amurkan economic interests
conquering world markets & so far from dios & so
close / just yonder along that fence yes &
uye / & vayan con dios cabrones b/c Amurkans don’t espeak Spanich
“. . . large numbers of foreign companies / most of them Amurkan
“entered Messico as lows extrahnhayroes became interested in industry
“/ los Messacains gradually withdrew / . . . ” jumpin borders indeed
our United States of Amurka
for:
from 1900-1910
USA slid into Mexica
100% red/white/blue Amurkan
chorizo
& left next morn w/ more
than one-quarter
of that neighbor’s national wealth
yea that’s freedom / for some
1880-1910
swaths of land expropriations during Diaz dictatorship
occurred along or on planned railroad routes
powder in big wind
& Sr. Holy Ford: “figate: I was sent from highest heaven
“endowed w/ special knowledge of industry / I use
“good grammar / I stand up straight / & I believe
“I do mankind most good making cars
“that’s my business / & you know what else
“that’s beautiful b/c industry is culture / b/c
“culture is practice / & that’s beautiful . . .
“everything shd be a thing of beauty--
“well thought out & well methodical . . .”
¿Aye?
indeed: sd one Zukofsky: “railways & highways have tied
“blood of farmland & town
“& the chains
“speed wheat to machine”
& so if ye can’t win them
run to them & join them
go Messkins git on up ‘ere to ‘murka but don’t get too comfy beaner
ye’re allowed a bit but not too much don’t be stingy now
hey there’s their tierra over there
otra tierra mahs aya
trickle trickle picked wind
& off roars & gray & more gray
nopales fat w/ life paddles & paddles of it
& sigh & stomp
rain / sweet come w/ me
waves & night & branching
see there’s world there—more—over there
there’s world there—more world—move there
