Fossils and Mummies

I've traveled a grave distance
Three and a half hours by aeroplane
By ship, it would have taken weeks

Halfway to downtown from airport ---
a commotion, a "protest" explains the taxi driver,
camera crew and actors present,
including one dressed like Adolf Hitler

Event is live on internet
The issue --- highway in horrible shape
bridge falling apart, accidents everyday

Government ain't doing shit
Says Mr. Chavarria, "Expect long delays
when you return to the States."
No round trip I've booked.

I've come to the chaos of my native land to say goodbye.
To the lapping, licking flames of cremation,
I bequeath my life's recollections

Fossils and mummies keep theirs a little longer