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Tim J. MyersJanuary 21, 2021

So little is said about
those others who
endlessly cross the border
without permission:

lizards slipping under
the new wire

smirking coyote scenting
grouse

brown-gray javelinas
who seem to fancy themselves
lords of every country they set foot on

red-eared sliders who
work the Rio Grande

and always, in that
freedom which seems
to ignore our lines and preoccupations
as angels must ignore them,

always of course the

birds

 

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