Tag: immigration

On the border / between the Gold Coast / and the Gullah Geechee Wetlands / where bodies were snatched / defiled / dumped / A 5 a.m. workday / along the Río Grande / no coffee / (to avoid ice) / because the words get stuck / in my throat / You drive from L.A. to T.J. / for fertility meds / to make babies / and for comic books / to teach immigrant adolescents / as familia / (porque así dice la gente) / cross the border / between Guatemala and Mexico / bunyons and ringworm / bare feet / Bodies are disposable / in the New World / Recycle plastic cups / for clean oceans / for more better capitalism