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Guantanamo

High concrete walls
bedecked with razor wire
cutting the clouds
glimmering hope for freedom
daily meals
prisoners fed and fit
for questions
and a little torture
three meals
five daily prayers
bunk sink
one bed sheet
toilet paper fifteen sheets
no toothbrush paste or soap
reading no writing
Harry Potter magic
fantasy to fly over walls
killing time having time to kill
strolling inside thirty foot
dog pens
chain link fences
separated isolated
from other bearded men
leather and steel shackles
under school room desks
learning to spell f-r-e-e-d-o-m
solitary life protected
by steel doors
concrete walls
in Guantanamo Bay

Raúl Sánchez