America, The Continent
Saint Paul, 6 January 2007
Search dog-eared images of
de-lousing migrant workers
in bullet-riddled border stations
Look for glass negatives
of freshly shaven heads in
ramshackle fumigation shacks
Rise up from the earth
swaddled in garbage bags
needing an honest day’s work
Realize you are one acrid
kerosene bath baptism
from a better life