The Border Simulator
The only thing sure in this world is death and Texas.
The word crosser turtles in the throat of Customs
while a worker steers other workers. She’s someone to drive the car
and sigh a co-worker’s name, “Primitivo?”
Customs is deeply invested in watching Primitivo cross the border
once a night. Always a night; some closed-eye visual.
The Border Simulator? More like border see you later.
Were you pure of heart when you wrote this thing, or what?
—Gabriel Dozal
—found in The Border Simulator (2023)