This week a year ago, an event in Gila Bend and reflections upon students in my classroom moved me to write.

"REQUIESCANT" 

...dedicated to Hector Clark and Eduardo Rojas Jr. (died May 12, 2011 Gila Bend, AZ),to my “illegal” students who have taught me so much, and to all who have suffered amid the lines that humans draw in the Sonoran dirt.

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