BONES OF OUR ANCESTORS
by Carolyn Hall, (California)
& Ebba Story (California)
Holocaust Museum
my family
in every photo
bones of our ancestors
lost on the Trail of Tears
desert sand
cupped in the Buddha’s hand—
Manzanar sunset
echoing through
an Appalachian coal mine
a whistled jig
so many stops along the way—
Underground Railroad
highbeam search light
a migrant worker stumbles
into the Rio Grande
