us
don’t care
there is no empathy left in
us
no sympathy
no care in the universe
them
us
know who they are
seriously
they are them
faceless
unnamed
they might as well be
invisible
us
have enough pain in our world
us
cannot
will not
assume the debt of the pain
for them
the so many reasons thrown at
us
in those silly commercials
for only .99 cents a day
you too can save a hungry
(fill in the blank)
there’s nothing to see here
us
refuse to see it
to feel it
and still
it invades
us
every minute
through damn
social media
news reports
commercials
speeches by politicians
do-gooders who are trying to
salve their own guilt
saviors
us
dam up
dig a moat
call it
the rio grande
the florida straits
the pacific ocean
the gulf of america
(whatever)
float some carnivorous
human flesh-eating
two headed monsters
through it
and call it a day
wishing the worst
is not enough
ya gotta make it so that
they
are not like
our they
us
have to sell the story
that the other they
are not like
human
like people
like flesh and blood
and minds and souls
and dreams
and wanting
what
all the theys
in the world want
shelter
food
some peace
any peace
and love
a whole lotta
love
we can’t have that
no way
they don't have
papers
do they
the other they
even speak like
us
look like
us
so let’s call them
what they are
unhuman
rapists (even the small ones)
murderers (even the smallest ones)
illegals
a plague
an invasion
plague
illegals
invasion
not caring
is easy
being mean
is easy
as we work hard
to
name them
with ugly names
rapists (even the small ones)
murderers (even the smallest ones)
to see them
as
criminals
they are
not
just like
us
no matter what we call
them
they are really
not like
us
we don’t want
need
to see
feel
any more pain than our own
would rather drown in that angry
moat around
us
cursing all those
that make
us
remember who we are
who we came from
(my mother and father
their rio grande was
the caribbean
the atlantic)
dam up our lives
dig a moat
call it the
gulf of america
float some carnivorous
human flesh-eating
two headed monsters
through it
and call it a day.
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