Aztec Support
Try ripping the heart out and putting it back again.
Make sure your calendar stone’s not out of date.
Are you sure you’ve sacrificed your bravest men?
I’m sorry, the Spanish are calling, you’ll have to wait.
These are viruses that we’ve never seen before.
This isn’t the god update that we were sold.
Their technology uninstalls us. Sí, señor,
The Aztec empire has been put on hold.
Elijah Perseus Blumov is a poet, critic, and host of the poetry analysis podcast Versecraft. His poems have been published by or are forthcoming from periodicals such as Image Journal, Literary Matters, Birmingham Poetry Review, Think Journal, and others. He lives in Chicago.