Un Dolor que Camina: Honduras-La Frontera de E.E.U.U., 2018

No es una caravana

es un dolor

que camina.

No es una invasión

es un dolor

que camina.

No es una pandilla

es un dolor

que camina.

No es ISIS ni Al-Queda

es un dolor

que camina.

No es de George Soros

es un dolor

que camina.

Ni de los Venezolanos

es un dolor

que camina

 

de San Pedro Sula  de Tegucigalpa de Santa Barbara  de Santa Rosa de Copán de Puerto Cortés

de La Ceiba  de Trujillo de El Triunfo  de Comayagua de Lempira de La Entrada  de Olanchito

de Jatique  de Limón de Mercedes  de San Rafael de San Pedro Zacapa  de Santa Fe de El Carbón

de El Progreso  de Tela de Yoro  de La Esperanza de Choluteca  de Sinuapa de Nueva Ocotepeque

de Gracias a Dios  de El Paraíso de San Francisco  de La Libertad de La Unión de San Marcos

de Salamá  de Ojojona de Azacualpa  de Buena Vista de La Florida  de Santa Rita de Trinidad

de La Venta  de la Guata de La Alianza  de Las Manos de Campamento de La Paz  de Victoria.

 

Pain Walking: Honduras-United States Border, 2018

 

It’s not a caravan

it’s pain

walking.

It’s not an invasion

it’s grief

walking.

It’s not a gang

it’s sorrow

walking.

It’s not ISIS or Al-Queda

it’s agony

walking.

It’s not from George Soros

it’s suffering

walking.

Or the Venezuelans

it’s pain

walking

 

from San Pedro Sula  Tegucigalpa Santa Barbara  Santa Rosa de Copán and Puerto Cortés

from La Ceiba  Trujillo El Triunfo  Comayagua Lempira La Entrada  and Olanchito from

Jatique  Limón Mercedes  San Rafael San Pedro Zacapa  Santa Fe and El Carbón from

El Progreso  Tela Yoro La Esperanza  Choluteca Sinuapa and Nueva Ocotepeque  from

de Gracias a Dios  El Paraíso San Francisco  La Libertad La Unión and San Marcos from

Salamá  and Ojojona  Azacualpa Buena Vista  La Florida Santa Rita and  Trinidad from

La Venta  La Guata La Alianza  and Las Manos from Campamento  La Paz and Victoria.

 

 


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Abigail Carl-Klassen has been published in ZYZZYVA, Cimarron Review, Guernica, Aster(ix) and Post Road. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets 2015. She earned an MFA from the University of Texas El Paso’s Bilingual Creative Writing Program and taught at El Paso Community College and the University of Texas El Paso.

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