The Blueprint of the Land

by Édgar J. Ulloa Luján

There is no river
but only sand
sand and no river
in the borderlands
There is no river
but only sand
sand and no river
it’s a fantasyland

There is no river
but only sand
sand and no river
in my motherland
There is no river
but only sand
sand and no river
like in Babylon

There is no river
but only sand
sand and no river
but only drugs, guns
and contraband
There is no river
but only sand
sand and no river
but only burritos, narcos
running cheap errands

There is no river
but only sand
sand and no river
but only
a militarized land
There is […]