When did it become Ok
In America
for snickering governors
to play politics
with the lives of tired
and desperate human beings?
When did the light
from that shining city
on the hill
become a trick candle?
When did America
erect its Darwinian dome
of indifference towards
the tired and the suffering?
When did we drift from the
Give me your tired and poor
to a cold and callous
Let me show you the door?
When did we
start to fear and hate
the huddled masses
detesting them
while casting a cold
and stony shoulder?
When the humane
treatment of others
takes a backseat to
cheap political stunts
it’s time to look at
the soul of our nation
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