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