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Poetry

Juarez y El Paso de Antano 

The border was open for all

No passports needed

Shop

Dance

Drink

A good time for all

To be had

Now 

Just a memory 

Of times

When the most to fear 

Was not having the extra ten dollars

In your pocket

Just in case la policies stopped you

No worries of La Migra

Taking your friends away

Because they weren’t from

Your town

El Paso

Sister to Juarez

Two cities

That formed as one

Two countries

Joined by the cities

Now just a memory of yesteryear 

Poetry

Dishes

Dancing to Gloria Estefan

Washing dishes

Thinking about those days in Mexico

Tequila shots at the start of the night

Drinking and dancing

Until it was time to go

Continuing to sing and dance

Walking across the bridge

Mexico to El Paso

“American” we would say

With no questions asked

Back when it didn’t matter

What side you were from

As long as you had fun

Those were the days

Long passed

Now to feel

The memories of those nights

All I can do is play the music

Take a shot of tequila

Sing and dance 

While

Doing the dishes

Poetry

Never Past

“What’s past is past”

“Forget the past”

“Leave the past behind”

Lies we tell ourselves

To get over love

Control our grief

Box our emotions

Forget

Forget

Forget

~

We cannot lobotomized

Our memories

Our pain

Our grief

We can only live with

Learn from

And never forget