Chinese Police Station
by Marco Katz Montiel / May 24th, 2026
Such coercion might belong in China,
but now it pops up in other nations
like the United States and Canada,
where Beijing now maintains police stations.
Police stations should always be legal,
but US prosecutors are so rude
and suspicious that they send their eagle-
eyed investigators who then allude
to activities that seem too cop-like
for operatives under foreign skies.
Spreading around the world like the Third Reich,
these “police officers” look more like spies.
Not saying everything they do is wrong,
but maybe best skip this round of ping-pong.
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See: “He’s accused of running a Chinese spy outpost. His lawyer says it was a place to play ping-pong” by Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press, 6 May 2026.
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, May 24th, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.
