I’d regularly see “Missing” posters for teenagers and wonder if they were amongst those who’ve been disappeared by narcos, or if they’d joined a caravan to the Land of Dreams.
Tag: Migration
Hungry for This (a forest story)
Eloi is no scientist, but he’s a farmer and he can understand that the planet breathes. He’s seen the dead butterflies. He can understand that the trees around him cool the planet in far-off places where he’s heard there exist mountains made of pure ice.
Sojourner (a migration story)
They say home is where the heart is, in which case you’re not home. That home is gone. The parents are gone. The house is gone. Most everyone you knew is gone.
Red Tape & Cat Tails: The Complicated Journey to Voting Rights
Once upon a time in Mexico, all my important documents were destroyed by a cat and a bottle of peroxide.