After Visiting the Border, Sheryl Luna Exercise

When I open my mouth Bats emerge or worse, or better What more can be said How much more to know To share, to oversimplify Borders, places That feel familiar, but not My story My language, my beliefs But not my place The stories that Illustrate Castigate And just wander In normal conversations Ordinary paradoxes Of those who are Asking for help Looking for Dignity Place Something ordinary