Best Mendoza Poems

J –a-c is for girls, J-A-C-K is for Boys
A  short for Jacqueline
C Capability is very limited because I’m disable with paralyzed left arm
Q-  Quirky sometimes people describe me to be unusual
U- Understanding is what I usually do for odd people 
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Jose Mendoza, was a young migrant farmworker,
he was harvesting sweet potatoes on
Barnes Farming property in Spring Hope, 
North Carolina on September 5, 2023.
The temperature was in the 90's,
and Jose began to not feel well.

He went to rest on a bus used for worker
transportation to the...

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i’ve been out of love more than in
suppressing desires deep within
trying to keep my convictions alive
but when someone gets close me
i move away so they won’t see
my proximity to the Mendoza Line

i’ve known heartbreaks who had no fear 
but didn’t know when the coast was...

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