Do You Know That Town Poem by Atef Ayadi

i live in urbana.
been here
on and off for
a quarter of a
century.
basically
it looks like tel aviv.
most resident
agree they have been
here for ever
and i am the only one
who came yesterday;
on top of that
with an accent
and a flagrant
disobedience.

it is a town
flat
and fat;
a pixelated
diluted
pixel
in a infinite soybean and
corn fields.

sometime,
i feel
californians got their wishes
and policies through.
they wanted bio fuel
and they have it.
of course in the midwest,
where else they have it?

the only thing
i dearly enjoy
is walking night
in the empty streets,
drive, and courts.
i love trees.

some may think it is suspicious
i would say
go fact your self
off

i am from this planet
bee--itch
maladroit
white
bitcoin.
sorry kid,
i am jee
lee uses
meta frames
today;
you can not fact
with me
about my native rights.