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This is a poem Lucy read as part of the interfaith service on Dec. 9th which prepared participants for the Dec. 10th "Love knows no borders: A moral call for migrant justice" action in San Diego.  

Standing at the border fence in Tijuana

Construction workers hide their faces while making it higher

The wall is built abutting a shrine and inches from a family’s house

Even the trees spread their branches trying to stand in the way

As they build this new wall, a deep tear in the land

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