How come Melania and Barron aren't being deported? a 5-minute read, mister president
After learning about Isidro Perez, a Cuban man, aged 75,
who was seized by Miami ICE after living in America for 60 years,
who died in custody of Miami ICE, I’m asking in all seriousness,
mister trump,
and I know you like knock-knock jokes,
(orange who? orange you glad they didn’t
just break down the door)
seriously, mister president,
why is it that Melania who came to the United States
as an immigrant
and bless her heart,
married
an American man,
had a child with him,
is safe, while an old man from Cuba dies,
and a subhuman border czar says that’s perfectly normal?
and American children will hide at a knock on the door.
Trish Saunders, who lives in the Pacific Northwest, has poems published or coming out soon in Chiron Review, Eunoia Review, Book of Matches, The Rye Whiskey Review, among others. Twice nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart, she’s an o-negative blood donor working to earn her 5-gallon club pin.