Farewell

Farewell 

I'm tired of Portugal
this small country, not bigger
than a hamlet in Spain
their worldview is what 
is seen from an Olive cops 
small-minded 
and deceitful, bewildering  
where the Arabic influence
lingers 
decapitated by Christianity 
I have family in Spain
who read Cervantes 
I don't know why
it could be they are working-class
they value me as an elder
in their clan
I even have a brother 
I have never met
he lives in Chicago 
the whisper is he is a gangster
The Portuguese is based on 
avoiding the truth
at all cost
No matter how long you
live in this fantasy land
they will treat 
a foreigner with hidden contempt
Yes, it is time to leave
this country of sheepherders
and lawyers
where the people still hanker
for the days
of dictatorship