Small Story in the News
by Marco Katz Montiel / July 6th, 2025
Tens of thousands dead.
Thirteen million displaced.
Could be today’s worst atrocity.
Where is this place?
What do they call it?
Who lives there?
What color are its people?
Do they have a religion?
What language do they speak?
Is there a reason this got buried in the news?
Is there a reason no one marches against it?
Why must we ask these questions?
Maybe I just missed it.
Maybe everyone else already knows.
Maybe help is already on the way.
In that case we need not look it up.
It does not require attention.
We can now return
to our regularly scheduled outrage.
Marco Katz Montiel composes poetry and prose in Spanish, English, and musical notes. He went to college late, and then alienated one university by publishing about bigotry on campus and got kicked to the curb by two others for his union activities. Still, Marco managed to graduate and even publish a book on music and literature with Palgrave. His essays, poems, and stories appear in
Ploughshares,
Jerry Jazz Music,
English Studies in Latin America,
Copihue Poetry,
Camino Real,
WestWard Quarterly,
Lowestoft Chronicle,
Dissident Voice, and in the anthologies
Cartas de desamor y otras adicciones,
There’s No Place, and the
Capital City Press Anthology.
Read other articles by Marco Katz, or
visit Marco Katz's website.
This article was posted on Sunday, July 6th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.
