A pleasurable absence?

Is there such a thing?  A Pleasurable absence?  Perhaps that is part and parcel of the politics of the journey that is often called life?  I’m watching and learning…albeit carefully.

Today I was reading the AN [Anthropology News] and there I saw a picture of Nogales, AZ & Nogales, Mexico.  Two worlds meshed together with but a border separating them.  I thought to myself:

Is this a pleasurable absence?

The picture was virtually the same–poverty/impoverished folks.  What really does the border provide for the people of Nogales?  Life? To what end, really?

mas que nunca!  I want more than ever for the borders to be fluid, in order for people to move freely.  People deserve better!  People deserve a pleasurable absence from their poverty.  People deserve a chance to hear their voice of laughter and praise rise above their tears of pain and the reality of injustice.

I hope for goodness for Nogales on both sides of the border.  Listen and Watch for the Border Watch Folks.  They are doing important work along the AZ border.  I support their work on behalf of those who are unable to do so.