“Border Crossings” by Natalie D-Napoleon

April 14, 2024April 1, 2024 Guillermo

"Border Crossings"

checkpoints

share a native tongue
hot spots for
control, and

crossings

weathered signs and asphalt

connecting

movements,

absurd

once

ambitious empires

destined to pursue
discomfort

my memories the lines of the
map

D-Napoleon, Natalie. “Border Crossing.” Poets Facing the Wall.* The Raving Press, 2018, p.56.

**Poets Facing the Wall* is available on Kindle Unlimited (accessed 1 April 2024).

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