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Paul
is on page 151 of 216
If you leave your lover
to run to the market
for bread and pears
you might return
to find your lover
gone and the bed
covered with knives,
hot and gleaming from
a morning in the sun.
If you leave your country
in the wrong hands,
you might return to
see it swimming in blood,
able to spit
but not to speak.
— Oct 13, 2025 05:23PM
to run to the market
for bread and pears
you might return
to find your lover
gone and the bed
covered with knives,
hot and gleaming from
a morning in the sun.
If you leave your country
in the wrong hands,
you might return to
see it swimming in blood,
able to spit
but not to speak.
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Paul
is on page 161 of 216
borders
telling us..
to serve
to exist
to call ourselves
to die
borders
with guards
trigger-happy
shoot to kill
don’t cross back
to the motherland
don’t know your roots
confused by the terms
building borders in your mind
it’s not Hispanic
it’s not Spanish
it’s not Latino
it’s the Mexican blood
the Indian blood
that has been drained
into the land
the home
of my heart
my ancestors
my roots
my soul that knows
no borders
— Oct 18, 2025 08:56AM
telling us..
to serve
to exist
to call ourselves
to die
borders
with guards
trigger-happy
shoot to kill
don’t cross back
to the motherland
don’t know your roots
confused by the terms
building borders in your mind
it’s not Hispanic
it’s not Spanish
it’s not Latino
it’s the Mexican blood
the Indian blood
that has been drained
into the land
the home
of my heart
my ancestors
my roots
my soul that knows
no borders
Paul
is on page 134 of 216
What must we do now
to create peace in our world?
Live beyond borders.
— Oct 06, 2025 01:45PM
to create peace in our world?
Live beyond borders.
Paul
is on page 114 of 216
One day though
a stranger arrived
sat down at our table
drank our wine
ate our bread
raped our women
burnt our village
then declared me illegal.
The color of my skin
the language on my tongue
the god that I chose to believe in
demonized in order to justify their cruelty.
The freedom that I enjoyed
my right to self-determination
gone, victim to yet another
military occupation.
My peace,
simply a broken olive branch
— Oct 05, 2025 01:10PM
a stranger arrived
sat down at our table
drank our wine
ate our bread
raped our women
burnt our village
then declared me illegal.
The color of my skin
the language on my tongue
the god that I chose to believe in
demonized in order to justify their cruelty.
The freedom that I enjoyed
my right to self-determination
gone, victim to yet another
military occupation.
My peace,
simply a broken olive branch
