She Loved To Dance

The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírezand
his nearly 2-year-old daughter, Valeria, lie
onthe bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico.

Vali loved to dance

Could she have your hands?

Of course, she knows classical

Sweet Mexican baroque guitar

Vali is from Salvador

Her momma’s Tania Avalos

Vali got her pets stuffed

Then she made a pit stop.

Vali had a father

A stalwart who was Oscar

They made to swim a river

And get across the border

Vali hit the bank

Of the Rio Grande

She was with her father

And she won’t be back.

Akpan