29 JUNE FOR THE JOURNEYS

WHEN PLANES FROM PORTUGAL WERE GROUNDED

HE SET SAIL FOR ARGENTINA TO SEE HIS FISHERMAN FATHER  

85 DAYS   6000 MILES   29 FT BOAT  

SOME DAYS THERE WERE DOLPHINS FOR COMPANY MAYBE TAILED BY A PIRATE  SHIP

WHISKY DIDN’T WORK ON THE EMPTINESS  

A COMING TO TERMS WITH GOD  EVENTUALLY  

HIS OLD MAN  NOW NINETY  PUT HIM TO SEA WHEN HE WAS THREE  

CAST THE BOY’S LINE IN PERPETUITY 

SAILOR ALL HIS LIFE    

ON COURSE FOR SAUDI ARABIA VIA YEMEN  MIGRANTS FROM ETHIOPIA MUST BE DESPERATE  

WHY ELSE WOULD YOU BE CROSSING A WAR ZONE 

TAKING TERRIBLE FLAK FROM BOTH SIDES? 

ON THE BORDER THERE ARE HOLDING CELLS WHERE YOU SLEEP+SHIT ON THE SAME FLOOR  

DEPORTATION’S A BLESSING

NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PAID THE PEOPLE SMUGGLERS

HOWEVER MANY TIMES YOU PROMISED TO SEND MONEY HOME

WISHING THAT ALL TRAVELERS WERE MADE WELCOME AT THEIR DESTINATION  

YOURS TRULY  

THE NEWS POET