First Curse, The Trump Regime:
petitioning the Creator
Because toddlers sat in cages
on concrete floors
under aluminum foil blankets
staring into gray walls
wailing until their lungs collapsed
as guards surveyed them
from watchtowers high above
Because the babies lay in cribs
without being touched
or spoken to
or looked at
Because the children were taken
from their mothers and fathers
never to be fed by them again
Because the criminals
are government officials
border patrol agents
immigration and customs
enforcement officers
Because this entire country is
encaged
isolated
and gray
Because they torture us
and intern us
shoot us in the streets
and loath us for who we are
The first people
The shamans
The healers
The teachers
The warriors
The keepers of this world.
