Roberta watches her son’s spot laughter
from their geyser throats son choked and
filled with joy when she brings them to
the beach all six family members are
here a sanctuary slightly out of reach
alas a raft against the lash of constant
waves but the undertow will be too
savage for her to save them today the
ocean is a tyrant appointed to swallow
them all until any complete strangers
build their version of a wall in the
Gulf of Mexico single-mindedly summoned
to ferry Roberta’s drowning family back
to shore Haiti complete strangers who
know every wall needs at least one door
today 80 people became bodies of
resistance today 80 folks rebelled
against an apathetic oceans insistence
on a sacrifice and this is life y’all in
these bodies breathless and beleaguered
we coax one another to survive …
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