“the conversion of a sum of money into a sum of commodities”

for each poem you write about the debt,
fifty eight unicorns meet at the bottom of a pool.

every time you write DEATH TO THE COLONIZERS,
a golden coquí is born.

each time you repeat:
VOTE FOR THIS IN A COLONIAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM,
a golden coquí plants a ceiba.

for every two compas that jam the cogs of the oversight board,
the coconut flames and the alcapurrias duplicate.

each time you believe a woman who’s been raped,
a teen of trans experience acquires his hormones.

for every verse that curls up in my people’s chest,
i win five libraries from the enemy.