Collecting Thoughts from the Universe By Odilia Galván Rodríguez

What do the stars say about children dying or is it their spirits twinkling down big smiles on their faces there's no suffering there At the border people act less than human frighten traumatized children on yellow school buses their small faces pressed against the windows They see

the gnashing teeth hear shouts of rage What kind of war is being waged here these children fleeing war fleeing death looking for a place to dream or looking for what's left of their family that's already flown away for fear or promise We wage wars support criminal heads of State murderous coups genocide The false war on drugs kind the raining down bombs on innocents in Gaza kind

the murdering of unarmed Black people kind the scaring of innocent children riding on yellow school buses kind

And who do we help does all this war make life better who is the real enemy in a land where one percent of people owns more wealth than the rest of us put together and can we be put together again