`` illegal aliens ca n't register a car here , carlos , '' he said . i shake the water from my hair . before her death , she told me the land that i sang of was the land where she wanted to go . they do n't register them the way we do . i did not want to risk losing a ship and her crew if we didnt have to . nor even a few moments ago , when her fear and anger had her hissing and snarling like a wild animal caught in a hunter 's trap . 