PART TWO

1985

 

He comes to me like a mouth
speaking from under several inches of water.
I can no longer understand what he is saying.
He has become one
who never belonged among us, someone
it is useless to think about or remember
.

—GALWAY KINNELL

Weeks ago, I said, I want to be only happy
with you, and you said, There are always other
feelings
.

—HONOR MOORE

To survive the Borderlands
You must live sin fronteras
be a crossroads
.

—GLORIA ANZALDÚA