Augusto Munoz Poet Free verse

The Bounty

There is a bounty out
for my father’s head.
How could he have
fallen off of the earth?
Earth is round; if all
things come full circle
then someone can wait
for him there. Listen 
carefully to these directions:
you will need to do two
things. First, buy a bottle
of rum. Second, leave your
conscience locked in the trunk
of your car and set your car
on fire. You are ready now. 
When you get your hands on 
my father I want you to 
kiss his lips softly. Tell 
him the world missed him, 
and pour the whole bottle
of rum down his throat. Don’t
let him breathe, I want him to
know what it feels like to
drown in alcohol. He tried
suffocating my family with 
alcohol, during that desperation
my mother took three little 
boys and brought them to the
surface. We breathe now.
How’s my father doing? 
As his pulse weakens and 
he takes his last breath, 
whisper in his ear, tell him
he should have at least 
been my friend, I had so 
much love to give him.

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