Two Poems - Dos Poemas
Two Poems - Dos Poemas Border Crossing It was a midnight run, just another drive across the desert If I had any idea what would happen, would I have gone again I thought I knew it all and had it all down That night was somehow different, shut up without any sound All I heard was the grinding of the tires on the new and dusty track There were sixteen people piled in the truckbed behind me One on top of the other, tied down and tied together Just like any other Saturday night When I got them across, and I always did I to five thousand dollars and that was out of sight We rolled across the landscape, under the moonless sky I looked to my passenger partner, he never asked me why We took a new direction, a new one each time out We’d repeat it a few times, then start all over again There were no lights on the horizon No sirens in the air We rode along together just like we had no care Just like we had no care We had no care ...