I hide a letter underneath a migrating bird's wings

And she replied promptly.
Nice letter Sir,
And I like that poem too.
'Bitter is sweet'
I love you!
If you don't mind
Please take me to America!
I am an Afghan girl
Nineteen years old
Five feet and three inches tall
Black hair and brown eyes
Scared of Bombs and Religious embargoes too!

to my humble friend Denis Joe!

* the homeless man
takes off his shoes before
his cardboard house.
-Penny Harter