TONTON MACOUTE

Canid,

abundant in Haiti during the Era

of the Quadruped.

Model specimen

found in the presidential corral

just next to the ruined

wilderness of the palace.

(Port-au-Prince.)

Lost its left paw to a bullet

in front of the Champ de Mars

in a popular uprising.

It will die in a few short days

due to the machete wound

sunken in its forehead.

They’re now preparing its display case

in the Museum of Natural History.

Translated from the Spanish