10
Eb
Yellow
Planetary Human
Up drove I through the border Towns---
Texas towns of Wind
and Heat
Dust unto Dust
Up drove I from a
Valley of Death---
Border Patrols---screaming
Sirens---
Burly men searching
for “Wetbacks”
Crossing the Rio
Grande---
Swimming for their
Lives and Children
Braving Cold---Darkness---Barbed
Wire---Death
Cops everywhere in
those Texas Towns---
Armed and
dangerous Vigilantes
Looking for Reasons
to kill
Small brown People
Gentle and proud
With Hope greater
than Fear---
Nothing to lose…
Up drove I through
ghost Town after Town
From Palm to
Mesquite---
North I came when Night
descended
Looking for Shelter---none
to be had----
Every Lad from the
Oil Fields
With Pockets full
of Cash
Filled every Space---sold
out---locked down
No Room at the Inn
for
Brave brown People
or me.
©Kleomichele Leeds
