Mormon Missionaries In California (For Wendy Rose) Poem by Shane Markie

Gotta hand it to 'em
Believing that the descendants
of all American Indians

(or other Canadian First Nations Peoples)

are progenitors of white folks

Why ought anyone in the modern world
believe in the message from Mormon missionaries

especially when they pop wheelies at your door
on a pair of hand me down skateboards

while tracting door to door on the streets in the cultural wastelands of East Los Angeles, California