Essential, we called you, as you placed our packages near our tightly closed back door

America,

land of the free,

home of the incarcerated

The waves appeared

deceptively calm

when the iceberg hit

She was beaten by masters

While he held a whip

You can dress it up in whatever phrasing helps you sleep at night and pray on Sunday

Kill your enemies before they kill you

Odd, I was certain it was love

I hate to give up on family,

I remember how much

fun we all had

learning to spell your name

Maybe the couch was too comfy

and God was binge-watching Cheers reruns

during the eight years of Obama

Imagine I knew of the harm early on but denied it and continued anyway. 

We can’t make the country safer for us by attacking them. We are them. They are us.

If you are going to insist that 

America is unable to curb gun violence,

Yes, child, if you sexually abuse women, mock the disabled, threaten to persecute a religion…

I’m a feminist because it is 2019 and we shouldn’t have to debate if humans deserve equality or should be able to control their own bodies.

We sit in the senate

so proud and so male,

so straight and so Christian,

so old and so pale

We’ll laugh 
when we tell
our grandkids

We fled here for safety,

they said it was great

You bragged about freedom,

I’m locked in a crate

Standard procedure, par for your course 

You don’t seek permission, you have no remorse 

Preceded in death by its beloved spouse, the late Integrity,

and their children, Facts and Evidence

GOP: The party of family values!

Us: You separated asylum seeking children from their families and lost them

“The economy is great,”

Stock Market boasted