BURGER v.

GONZALES
498 F.3d 131

A Collection of Files Poems
"#$# %& '()*+)





























I. what to wear to an immigration interview

II.. DO SHOW UP ON TIME

III COMMUNICATING ACROSS A SECOND LANGUAGE

IV Photocopy of a Document In Perspective

V.. i. How To Determine Credible Fear

ii. Description of Agendas

VI. RECALL A MOMENT OF FEAR

VII Communication can be broken down into

two components, verbal and non-verbal

VIII.. the concept of nationality, which we associate quite naturally with that of the

passport, is much more recent















"What to weai to an immigiation inteiview"




We must be uesiiable canuiuates
We must appioach it fiom the iight angle
Tuin the piintei on! theie is alieauy
a coffee-maik on this application .

Full Name:

Date of Birth:

Country of Origin:


Intiouuce youiself as the peifect canuiuate.
Cute, clevei, well-gioomeu. (Fig 1.)
Our handwriting is impeccable!

They photogiapheu the peifect moment of mitosis
when nuclei uiviue to foim two fiom one whose twin
is much meekei.
Noted: the process of mitosis is fast and
highly complex (Fig 2.)

We are two cells under microscopic exhibition,
where scientists study the origin of our sex and
measure inferiority through brain size
and the smell of our marrow
1
.

They pin us with sterile tacks by our fleshiest parts
to Styrofoam boards
running blood tests to
see, if, we, know, how, to, use, the, comma,


1
Bean, Robert Benton. Journel of Anatomy. A racial peculiarity in the pole of the temporal lobe
of the negro brain. 1914.
Fig1. Nothei anu Baughtei
pose foi the cameia
Fig2. Mitosis in its Telophase
phase. The primary result of
mitosis is the transferring of the
parent cell's genome into two
daughter cells. These two cells are
identical and do not differ in any
way from the original parent cell.






or how to eat grapefruit

lifting our arms so they can remove our shirts
to see the size of our breasts

to determine if we would assimilate.

Science in charge of regulating hosts coming
in and out

of borders laminated with Purell-Patrol
armed with guns they are told to use
to kill parasites at their discretion













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the puipose of pageantiythe scientific methou of pioceuuie
the scientific methou of puiposethe pioceuuie of pageantiy



















"B0 SB0W 0P 0N TINE"

we wait. they tell us to wait even after we wait.
and we wait, waiting, in the room where we wait,
for the waiting to wait itself out, so that we can leave
to wait more
in the room of our apartment,
to wait more
in dorm rooms,
to wait more
in public spaces
where the law is
you cannot loiter wait.

BEWARE the wave of immigration
BEWARE the new-wave of immigration
We reached the shores on the wave
We reached the shores on the new-wave
We reached Immigration on the new shore
When i turned from poet to pirate
When testimony turned into a series of footnotes
When they called us Russians
So i thought we were Russians
When they asked us if we were speaking Portuguese



Serbia/Siberia
Slavs/Slaves



And there are more of us coming!

They watch us run with our pants at our ankles
dropping applications off in time
(in their time)
betting on who will fumble from the weight of the world
and who will forfeit because they cant control their bladder







And there are more of us cominggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!








but there is not enough time
but there is not enough space
and there is not enough space or time to talk about space and time.


If a Refugee in a forest falls but no one is there to hear him, which State will burn his
wood for fire if his State of Origin no longer exists?

And there are more of us coming!

Prepare for a shipment of poor and wounded Slavs!
Maybe you shouldnt have bombed us!

Dont talk to me about states, statues, status
I am vending and venting M&Ms and Poetry!

Dont call us communists our church wear is freshly ironed and hung
and waiting!

and vending and venting

what is a girl to do with all this time!













COMMUNICATING ACROSS A SECOND LANGUAGE



Pyrana ce mepna nonny, mnpoka my yc+a
2
.
He moe n nape n jape
3

Cnya no|n, cnojoj kyhn o|n
4

Ysaj ce y ce n y cnoje knyce!
5

Pynoj enojnn orneano kpnno
6

Haj+amnnje je ncno cnjehe
7

Ka manke nema, mnmenn kono noe
8

Ko nnno nenepa, noy opynkyje
9

Hnep ne naa aneko o knae
10

Hema mnpnor e+e+a nn mnae 6a6e
11

Hcnenn na penn
12

hena pen n rnosena npa+a o+napa
13

ana 6a6a nnap a ce yxna+n y kono, a na a ce nyc+n.
14

Fe je mnoro 6a6nna, knnana cy ena
15
.
Camo cnora Cp6nna cnacana
16







2
A pan was mocking a pot because his mouth is big
3
You cant have the goat and the money
4
Go everywhere, but come back home
5
Trust yourself and your horse!
6
An ugly girl blames the mirror
7
It is the darkest underneath the candle
8
When cat is absent, mice dance
9
Who has wine for dinner, he has water for breakfast
10
A splinter doesn't land far from the trunk
11
There's no quiet child nor young grandmother.
12
Bake it and then say it
13
A kind word opens even the iron doors
14
Grandma gave a dinar to dance, and two to stop
15
Where there are many midwives, children will be feeble
16
Only unity saves the Serbs















































all who aie gianteu asylum must
meet the !"#$%$&$'% of a iefugee.


How to Determine Credible Fear

A. IF IT IS NOT DEATH IT IS NOT FEAR ,
IF IT IS NOT RAPE IT IS NOT FEAR

there is nothing to fear but fear itself.- some American

(Fig 3.)
Fig 3. (viii) use of silence; timing


I holu
I holu my
I holu my mothei
I holu my mothei's colu
I holu my mothei's colu hanus
They aie always colu
They aie always so colu
I finu comfoit in the colu
I finu comfoit in the similaiity of skin
I finu comfoit in the similaiity of colu skin
Anu in the iaieness of holuing each othei
Anu in the iaieness of holuing each othei's colu skin
Anu the tiageuy that leaus up to it
Anu the similaiity of tiageuy that leaus up to it
Anu the similaiity of colu tiageuy that leaus up to it
Yeais latei I will iealize that theie is no bettei feeling than that of holuing youi own
mothei's hanu
Yeais latei I will iealize too late that theie is no bettei feeling than that of holuing
youi own mothei's hanu




Dont you, too, have a mother?







B. AGENDAS















i. Asylum officer


a. to finish the interview in approximately 45 minutes












ii. Asylum Applicant

a. iecall a moment of seveie tiageuy that causeu you to leave youi home,

family, cultuie, iuentity - oially uesciibing it to a stiangei who moie oi

less uoes not unueistanu youi tianslation of pain (youi fieeuom

uepenus on it!) in appioximately 4S minutes





RECALL A MOMENT OF FEAR


I didnt know what it was
until you gave it a name

, flashing pear shaped light bulbs in order to
name the bone before it was discarded >moslim<

You called it
t h e p e r m a n e n t w a r
often violent exertions of nationalist identity
(based on a noble idea)

I found the bone in
the structure, in the foundation
at the drawing of the borders
made by men
in gold rings and thick feet
on private property

(you came and you carved)

You remove the crime material and the crime is named a response
You remove the crime material and the crime exists in the memory of few
You remove the crime material and the crime does not exist

Then I notice the missing neighbors

You name it your Yugoslavia
You name everyone victims of war
You name Yugoslavia a state of victims
You name yourself a victim

I askeu my gianumothei to sing

I didnt know what it was
until we stopped going to school because Nationalists bombed the center of town

I didnt know what it was
until Mischa came home with missing fingers

I didnt know what it was
until Zlata taught me how to boil the salt out of a rock


I didnt know what it was
until I tried to find God

I didnt know what it was
until I saw my grandmother cry

I didnt know what it was
until they called us children of war

I didnt know what it was
until Zlata taught me how to mourn the loss of family

But who asks ordinary people what they know?

Politics only asks its own people.


































Communication can be broken down into
two components, verbal and non-verbal






1. Verbal

a. linguistic

(i) vocabulary

(ii) grammar

b. paralinguistic

(i) manipulation of speech: e.g., volume of speech,

rate of speech, pitch/tone, stress

(ii) extra- speech sounds: e.g., groans, sighs,

laughter, crying, whistling, and other sounds

such as huh and uh.


2. Non-verbal

a. movements that substitute for language, i.e. body

language










(i) facial expressions (smiles, frowns, etc.)

(ii) eye contact

(iii) body movement

(iv) posture

(v) physical distance

(vi) use of environment (tapping fingers on tabletop,

drawing, etc.)

(vii) touching

(viii) use of silence; timing


b. written language

(For purposes of this training, we will not discuss

written language)

















the concept of nationality, which we associate quite
naturally with that of the passport, is much more recent

that what is modern is perhaps not modern
behold the document:
the document came out of the Medieval Ages, identity: a medieval coinage

belonging to religion of state
belonging to state of religion
belonging

travel by buggy across lines of sand document in hand
what is a world with different mechanisms?

i carry you in a red sleeve
i carry you in a sleeve
i carry you
, you
telling me it is illegal to cry over spilt ink in pink at the flesh of the heart of the city, still
burningx3

cropped by the alphabet and coat of arms
i end up looking like You
fraud and foreign in the forensics of my thumbs print
because the textbook tells me that we did bad things
and i dont do bad things

if i burn it did it ever exist?

i want to float in a space undefined and undetermined
to lose everyone who wont miss me and especially those who will

where history is censored
where victimization is a spectacle
where the document does not authenticate the individual but authenticates the
authenticator
why is it that in Belgrade we prefer bathrooms with mirrors?