All he wanted was to stop burning
–Dahlia Ravikovitch
she stands behind a kettle
ingera, poulet yassa, pupusa, plaintain,
cabbage, pasta, cassava, yams, rice and beans
food for migrants
migrants
from every country continent
waiting days months years
to cross a poor excuse for a river
a crook in a broken arm
a stinging slap in the face
starving rats
in a black rubber raft
along a zig-zag route
from Guatemala to Chiapas
where a lady stands
in pink flamingo earrings
stirring
stirring with a wooden spoon
stirring
her cooking pot
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Holding on to the Fringes of Love
Review of my poetry collection “Two Places” by Nina Serrano of Estuary Press.