Mike Nichols
What Comes aRound Goes Around
I told her, Practice
these words with me
and you will have enough
Spanish to find work
when we cross the
border into Mexico.
At the guard tower they fired
bullets at our feet and cried,
No hay trabajo aqui.
Mike L. Nichols is a graduate of Idaho State University and a recipient of the Ford Swetnam Poetry Prize. He lives and writes in Eastern Idaho. Look for his poetry in Rogue Agent, Scryptic Magazine, Ink&Nebula, Plainsongs Magazine, and elsewhere. Find more at mikenicholsauthor.com
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