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Illios: Illustrated Poetry of Love and Other Afflictions

We came to America seeking healing

We Came To America Seeking Healing

We came to America seeking healing

The diagnosis a shattered life line

The diagnosis a broken heart line

Prognosis not good

Born at the wrong time

Born at the wrong place

We came to America seeking comfort

We found the place in ruins

The doctors on rum

The nurses on merengue

The orderlies using medicine to sweeten their café

We grew wild seeking freedom

But soon melted into your island charm

Willing victims of a few million stars

An India-ink sky and love beyond measure

The life line was not shattered

The heart line was not broken

They led us here our lives a tropical morning.

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Illios: Illustrated Poetry of Love and Other Afflictions

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