Talmud says

thousands of demons

inhabit the air around us,

enough to clog the air

we

breathe.

When we walk, they swim

against our skin.

We ask four angels

to accompany us

as we

fall a

sleep.

Chulos and white girls

take the name "Angel"

like hair gel

or tasteless fruitlike gelly gelatin blobs.

Say it with me

in G-d's original Spanish

inhale the syllables like ashes

make it sound like fire and

brimstone and

annn

helllll

Matthue Roth