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Sonnet for Human Smugglers OCTAVIO QUINTANILLA Take care of them. If they want water, Dump them in the river. If they want To live, let them loose among the rattlesnakes. If they want to breathe, gag them with black hope. Let the desert mouse nest in their white bones. Give them shelter with your greed. With your rape. The roadkill is a sign you’re almost home. Point to it and show them who they are. Their life’s a documentary. But for you, everything is possible. You’re the map that leads them astray. Priest leading a funeral procession. Take them. Cripple them with promises. Backaches that keep them from killing you. ♦ ♦ ♦ ...

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