by Joemario Umana Mohammed Ibrahim Say | a land | where the devil is an excuse for a man not owning his act | like Eve bore the burden of Adam’s fall | and the serpent for Eve’s | a land | where man plays God | forgetting he is just a man | On the news | lights are turned pitch black even before they know themselves | The “lights” | a synonym for match sticks dead before even being lit — a ricochet metaphor — dissolved in an acid of God gives | God takes | Please tell me | wh