Martha's Animal Logic
We agree before any trip
Exactly how livestock will ship
But with notice not
Venezuelans got
To the Martha’s Vineyard airstrip
Author's note: Pundits and politicians say Governor DeSantis of Florida treats immigrants like livestock or animals, which is a lie. In fact, animals routinely get better tracking than the immigrants who DeSantis transported as a political statement. It's hard to find anything we ship that's treated as badly. Even the NYC Department of Sanitation knows when and how much garbage it will receive. So what does this treatment compare to? It resembles illegal dumping by the side of a road...I'll just leave it there for someone else to clean up. We should gladly accept legal immigrants in every part of this county, but we do need to know when they will arrive so they can be treated with dignity. These Venezuelan immigrants flown to Martha's Vineyard came legally.
Copyright © Duke Beaufort | Year Posted 2022
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