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Hitchhiking Texas to El Paso
our hostess with stories to tell
now middle-aged she recalled
Juarez that lasting time ago
a night of drinking cheap and dancing
headache in the morning 
her memory skipping a day
all 
everything gone
purse contents 
purse
cheap bastards even took her pantyhose
hungover and hungry with half her clothes
walking bare-legged across the international bridge
she borrowed a penny 
the US entry fee.