Facundo Rompehuevos

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Graffiti magically appeared on the walls of the federal detention center: "FUCK ICE" and "DEATH TO ICE" and "FUCK DONALD TRUMP" but also farewell messages like "LOVE YOU DADDY."

In a mad world it makes sense to write about an AI overlord named "Bertha"

It's one-part surrealism, one-part sci-fi social commentary, one-part philosophical/theological waxing and one-part dark and comedic literary fiction. And Goffman is our long-white-bearded, half-mad wizard-alchemist who mixes it all together and gives us the final product, the potion, in words and sentences expertly.

Facundo Rompehuevos is a Chicano activist, writer, husband, father and recovering alcoholic and drug addict born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He is the author of two books of poetry: Irreconcilable Contradictions (2017) and Grabbing the Stars from the Sky (2021), both published by Fourth Sword Publications. His work has appeared in literary magazines, poetry journals and zines, such as Rusty Truck, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, The Rising Phoenix Review, Red's Not White, Drifter Zine and the anthology White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness. He is currently working on a collection of short stories.

You can find him on Substack at facundorompehuevos.substack.com.

Facundo Rompehuevos

The answer

In a mad world it makes sense to write about an AI overlord named "Bertha"

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