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Bus Stop

the Border
Patrol man
rests his hands
on the gun
at his side,
smiles at
the two
ladies sitting
on the bench
and asks for
their papers
like asking for a date.

From the book Bus Stops and Other Poems © 1998 Manuel J. Vélez.