Annotations for Speaker: Quique Aviles

My name is Quique Aviles and I'm a poet and performer from Washington DC and this poem is called Border Crossing Chicken.

The chicken crossed the border to taste some Kentucky Fried chicken. The chicken crossed the border to meet Frank Purdue.

The chicken crossed cause the other side wanted to play a quick game of chicken.

The chicken crossed wanting to meet the gay lobby and shake hands with feminist hands.

The chicken crossed to sign a bilateral bilingual bisexual chicken free trade agreement.

The chicken crossed to look into American chicken deportation methodology.

The chicken crossed to deliver a spanish-speaking pizza. The chicken crossed to be a contestant in Miss Chicken USA.

The chicken crossed to fall in love with a new-age rooster guru.

The chicken crossed to lambada with Californian chicks. The chicken crossed for four years of studies at Chicken MIT.

The chicken crossed to learn Black chicken slang. The chicken crossed out of curiosity, wonder and need.

The chickens simply wanted to get a chance to meet the other chicken. The chicken simply wanted to look you in the eyes.