By Annika Lee
found poem from Facebook comments on the 20 September 2021 New York Times article ‘Homeland Security investigates border patrol’s treatment of Haitian immigrants.’
Look closely
it’s not the Wild West.
Like master to slave
God is a whip
playing cowboys.
So, big man, how would you stop the runner
literally walking through jungle then desert
in their bones
an effigy
Come on.
Monsters live among us
I would know them anywhere.
here?
the game is simple.
treating desperate people like they would animals.
Round em up
a sport to them
What do you expect from the cowboys
“arrêt!”
Stop the madness!
that’s a human being
treated as less than human.
your son, daughter, mother, father.
It is shameful
cruelty
SHAME
For us to live
with dignity
record images on your mind that’ll never go away
break through that wall
take them to your house
stop the wars
Image Source: https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/border-patrol-agent-seen-holding-whip-during-encounter-with-haitian-migrants-121529413836
