Sierra Vista, Arizona
We spotted rose-throated
becards, vermillion flycatchers,
while the Border Patrol
stuffed into holding cages,
handcuffed migrants:
young, brown, terrified.
Gil Fagiani’s poetry collections include: Rooks (Rain Mountain Press, 2007), Grandpa’s Wine (Poets Wear Prada, 2008), A Blanquito in El Barrio (Rain Mountain Press, 2009), Chianti in Connecticut (Bordighera Press, 2010) and Serfs of Psychiatry (Finishing Line Press, pending 2012).