Farewell, Marco Antonio Muñoz

Crossing the Rio Grande in May,

A Honduran man with his wife and his son

Sought asylum, only to find

Their struggles here had barely begun.

 

Taken to a processing center,

The family learned the disheartening news:

They would have to be separated.

Having no say-so, they couldn't refuse.

 

Farewell, Marco Antonio Muñoz.

Some say, "We warned you time after time."

You came for help, and look what happened:

Seeking asylum became your crime.

 

A CBP° spokesman said that Muñoz

Became "combative" and started to yell.

What parent wouldn't in that situation?

Muñoz was moved and locked in a cell.

 

Authorities checked on Muñoz often

Not expecting what lay in store

For them in the morning, for one of them found

Muñoz lying dead on the floor.

 

"Self-strangulation and hanging" they say

Were what caused the father's demise.

Would he be holding his son right now

Had conditions been otherwise?

 

Farewell, Marco Antonio Muñoz.

Some say, "We warned you time after time."

You came for help, and look what happened:

Seeking asylum became your crime.

 

AG Sessions feels zero tolerance

Will separate the wheat from the chaff--

That Trump believes in the rule of law.

Mr. Sessions, don't make us laugh!

 

Others have suffered a similar fate

As a result of our cruel demands.

Our leaders will offer their justification,

But they still have blood on their hands.

 

Farewell, Marco Antonio Muñoz.

Some say, "We warned you time after time."

You came for help, and look what happened:

Seeking asylum became your crime.

 

-by Bob B (6-12-18)

 

°Customs and Border Patrol

Reviews

[Donna]

This is a very sad poem, and its sad that this is going on! Its not right to separate families who have been together as a family! You wrote this really good. Thank you for sharing!