Miguel Says,

People aren’t born
with the same chances.
He traveled to Spain
while others grew up
in garbage. He shows
us the tree of wishes,
thick as ten men
in the courtyard
of the Californian
housing development.
On the second level
we sit on the floor
and one couch
and seven chairs
while a woman
explains how art
makes a difference.
Further in, her bed
is a carving, her table
flat with a glass bowl
and a glass fish.
The steps are blue.
Go ahead, she says,
you may take a picture.