This was written before the talk about the wall but it is more poignant today. The idea of tearing children away from their parents and the exploitation of undocumented workers never grows old.
Madre No More
by John Kaniecki
What is this insanity?
What is life for?
Mothers belong with children
Of that I am sure
You stole these lands
Concocted devilish rules
With harsh demands
You play us as fools
Deported
Dismissed
Banished
A child, in agony hear her cry,
Why?
Why oh why?
When we clean your house,
It is fine
When we slave in your sweatshops
That is divine
If we tend to your children
There is no sin
When we care for the aged
It is tolerated
But when there is no longer a use
Comes the cold foot of abuse
So long senorita out the door
And to your child
Madre no more
Please check out "Poet To The Poor"
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