there is talk of boarding up the nation
now the river is on the rise
of sealing every border to hold back the human tide
for there is a fear abroad that this will not subside
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Very interesting concepts you have detailed within this poem, truth permeates it all. Our borders should be closed and no one let in, too many people have entered our countries illegally wanting hand outs and demanding that we give them everything they didn't get in their countries. Time to put a stop to it once and for all. Take care of our own, let them take care of themselves! If they don't want to work it's all on them! Great writing! Thank you for sharing, RoseAnn
Anti-immigration fire-breathers need to read this. The migrants challenge us to wrestle with questions of value and responsibility. But we are not very good at questioning ourselves and owning up to the aftereffects of past deeds. Most American's don't have the patience to figure out how the societal breakdown in Mexico ties in with monopolization of resource extraction by a banking system that's in America's pockets.