uac crossing the border are apprehended by dhs’s cbp cbp and ice detain uac routinely for longer than six months then cbp transfers uac to hhs’s orr orr operates icfs to house the uac and if by now you’re saying omg this all seems like tfh shouldn’t we be irl talking about the almost 7 thousand children separated from their parents at the border then ygtp
the brown bag prophet said given the current list of plagues and school board meetings resembling the spanish inquisition i fully expect that we’ll soon have the great teachers witch trials complete with teachers firmly tied to tetherball poles surrounded by a stack of burning banned books books banned for their revealing the truth about our illustrious forefathers you know the ones that massacred native americans and enslaved others for purely selfish reasons their own financial gain and unfettered power lord knows we can’t have children knowing the truth such truths might hurt their mental status making them feel guilty and limiting how many of them that will be willing to commit similiar crimes in the future and then where would we be
beneath the layers of red white and blue fabric are some serious wounds that have not completely healed and though they are kept concealed they’re ever-present oozing an infectious hate into the bloodstream of even those not yet born part of their inheritance an inheritance of denied national crimes covered over with the fabric of myths and lies revisions to history protection rewrites turning criminals into national martyrs while the true martyrs that died are ignored cuz it’s bad press the founding fathers started this whole mess so it’s not too surprising scars are deeply embedded into the nation’s body what’s most upsetting is it appears that gangrene’s in the nation’s mind those once thought to be insane now are heralded as leaders surely this maddness is a harbinger of death the death of freedom and of all our aspirations for a true democracy
once baptized
with time
all
previous crimes
are to be forgotten
offenses of morality
are
washed away
and
we are encouraged
to
forgive
forgiveness
society’s masquerade
the transubstantiation
of
immoral acts
into
the divine law
of
man
so
unjust deaths
from
prejudice
religious intolerance
and
corporate profit taking
are to be seen
as
purified
by
the passage of time
politicos say
we must
forget
transgressions
in order
to move forward
but
forgiveness
is impossible
when
standing
among
the graves
of those
who died
for
the illusion
of
justice
ain’t got
no fancy
iambic pentameter
to wrap around
my words
nor
sweet rhythms
to conceal
the crimes
of our time
no metaphors
for the sounds
of bullets
ripping
the flesh
of children
huddled with fear
in their classrooms
can’t find
an anonomatopoeia way
to say
the gun lobby
is french kissing
dollars
into the mouths
of senators
so they’ll
turn a blind eye
to the streets and classrooms
flowing
with innocent blood
but they ain’t
the only ones
refusing to see
that racism
defines this nation
and perhaps
the entire white world
for tears are shed
when ukrainian children die
but not even a sigh
is heard
when children starve
to death
in africa and bangladesh
or
children are struck down
by an israeli drone
there’s no fixed meter
that can convey
the absolute sadness
of parents
with their child’s death
no poet can ever
capture the emotions
for such an event
we merely stutter
our thoughts in words
onto the page
hoping to express
our personal rage
at the inhumanity
of mankind
Read Between the Minds 