Francisco

Meet Francisco, an 18-year-old,

Born right here in the good ol' U.S.

Police held him in custody

For twenty-six days nevertheless.

 

Detention centers are certainly not

Five-star hotels in any form.

Frigid and crowded cages or rooms

And inhumane treatment are more the norm.

 

Francisco had his social security

Card and ID in order to prove

That he was really a U.S. citizen.

Border police still made their move.

 

Although someone spends many years

Elsewhere, our legal apparatus

Has to know that doing that

Doesn't change one's citizenship status.

 

They claimed that Francisco's identification

Information all was fake.

Of course, they have to find excuses

To cover up their big mistake.

 

Such "mistakes" are fairly common

When we have a president who

Says that what is true is false;

What is false, he claims is true.

 

Most people see through his dangerous lies,

But there are many who want to believe

Every word he says that offers

Support to ideas to which they cleave.

 

Stop atrocities at our border!

Stop treating people in ways

That NO human being should be treated!

Stop the processing delays!

 

Stop family separation

And caging asylum seekers as well,

As though to get even with them

Their lives are made a living hell!

 

How many more "Franciscos" are there

Who don't even make the news?

Whom will the president now attack?

Who is next on his list to abuse?

 

-by Bob B (7-28-19)

Reviews

[Rhayne]

I think it is a great thing you're doing, putting into words easy to read the things that are wrong here. It's a good public forum and way to people's attention. Reading it like this gives even more sensitive appeal to urge people to wake up and see what's happening around them.

[Bob B]

Thanks for the encouraging comments. Expressing simply and clearly what I see happening around me is my goal.

[Coyote Poetry]

A soldier with passport and the proper paperwork, born in Northern Michigan. A hero in war, they try to deport. Took V.A to step in. We are in trouble my friend. Thank you Bob for sharing your words and thoughts.
Coyote