El Muro

EL MURO

Build a Wall
15 Feet Tall
Cross 700 miles of Desert, Mountain an Sand
Across Otay Mesa, Tecate, Sonoyta and
Tohono O'Odham Land

Cross that invisible line in the sand.
Cover bleached bones baked in red rocks
hearts burnt into black beaded baubles
enshrouded by brittle leathery skin

Buil El Muro
Break a Continent in Two
Divide North from South

Walls are Steel
494 Dead in a Season
Scale the wall
Scatter through Desert Land

No Reason

Build a Muro
Across an artificial line
La Linea
Divined by Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of 1848

After an Illegal War
México loses a third of its land
Souls lost in the Bargain

Build a Wall
But don't Honor that Treaty Law
The part that guarantees rights
A tierra, lenguaje y cultura

Walls are Steel
A barricade against people
crossing La Linea

Bring Arms,
Braceros,
Muscles,
Sweat,
Blood,
But not Souls

Souls are Illegal

Walls are Steel
Work here,
Sweat here,
Bleed here,
Die here

Don't live here

Walls are Steel
Souls are Illegal

-- Ron D'Aloisio