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DocuSign Envelope ID: DED368CC-D87F-4704-8F64-B8F2DB10EE93 <br /> "Passing Rikers Island Durint a Landing at LaGuardia„" unpublished (in draft) <br /> Passing !:ikers Island Durin a Landing at LaGuardia <br /> After a top down view of the Statue of Liierty„ <br /> the plane flies low near rows if barbed wire„and a sliver <br /> of the East h!iver gives way to the Bronx and Queens. <br /> Suddenly, from the front of the jet, a child's appeal, <br /> Look, look!she yells, and points toward the ground— <br /> Where eyeless blocks of jails and narrow patches of grass <br /> are surrounded by coastal rocks and imprisoning rails. <br /> A sign!A sOnl she says, as we tilt toward the ground. <br /> Around the sign, a painted line restrains a group of letters. <br /> Welcome to New York! says the airport sign, Welcome! <br /> says the sign, But ten thousand people are stored in jails below. <br /> All with numbered names and numbered days <br /> While I'm just one of hundreds wearing headphones <br /> and passing overhead.And I'm going home. <br /> I'm going home. <br /> K. B. Young 9 <br />