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Subject: MEXICAN BORDER
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DAYLIGHT ON THE MEXICAN BORDER, by DAVE ETTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Greasy sandals on a puke-stained sweater
Last Line: Stink of wilted poppies in a cracked jug, %greasy sandals on a puke-stained sweater
Subject(s): Dawn; Mexican Border


LA MIGRA, by PAT MORA    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Let's play la migra
Last Line: You do not understand / get ready
Subject(s): Mexican Border; United States – Immigration & Emigration


LAS DIAMONDS ARE UNA CHICA'S BEST AMIGA, by JANE MILLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Are you not that stray mignonette of my garden
Last Line: Be at home in my arms
Subject(s): Chicanos; Home; Household Employees; Mexican Border; Mexican Americans; Servants; Domestics; Maids


PERLA AT THE MEXICAN BORDER ASSEMBLY LINE OF DOLLS, by RIGOBERTO GONZALEZ    Poem Source                    
First Line: Her job was to sort through the eyes
Last Line: Threatening to thrust back the fury of its nail
Subject(s): Dolls; Mexican Border; Toys


ROCK SOUP, by HUMBERT WOLFE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: At our ranch in zapata, on the mexican border, it was
Last Line: At least, that is the way I remember it
Subject(s): Mexican Border