Monday, June 25, 2018

The children are scattered


The children who were forcibly separated from their parents
 at the border by the United States government are all over the
 country now, in Michigan and Maryland, in foster homes in
 California and shelters in Virginia, in cold, institutional settings 
with adults who are not permitted to touch them or with foster
 parents who do not speak Spanish but who hug them when they cry.
Washington Post

The children are scattered; nobody knows where --
Which causes their parents to tear out their hair.
Is Pablo in Denver, Marie in Saint Paul?
Do they have clean clothing, good food, and a doll?

And Uncle Sam doesn’t care one little bit
That fam’lies are shattered by such a foul split.
Protecting the border now means finally
Our government spurns even mild charity.

I’m thinking the Statue of Liberty weeps
That innocent children are locked up by creeps.
I’ll tell you what Tolerance Zero should mean:

Flushing Jeff Sessions down the nearest latrine.

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