Split Borders
Parents are property,
Children an immediate danger.
Mean, this humanitarian crisis.
The democratic republic
Separating parents from children—
Families fractured by policy.
Unconstitutional,
Cruel,
Unlawful,
A violation
Of due process and
Equal protection.
Vexing.
The administration appeared
Unprepared for the fallout
“The child has rights,” a spokesman conceded.
“This is a complex situation.”
Amid the chaos,
The president continued to rail against
Those fleeing danger and persecution,
Asylum claims,
Our land,
Judges,
Laws.
An unmistakable message:
“You can’t come in.
“Don’t come at all.”
Respond, lawmakers.
Shift focus,
Keep families together,
Lean into that vote,
Cross that bridge.
Take action.
Poem found in “Federal Judge in California Halts Splitting of Migrant Families at Border,” The New York Times, June 26, 2018.