Loch David Crane Poet Sonnet

America Is Not a Free Buffet

America is not a Free Buffet
Loch David Crane, M. Ed.
Border Patrol Auxiliary
22 September 2008

America is not a free buffet
for benefit of those from far away.
We have our borders, customs, laws, and rules
securing our posterity from fools,
criminals, diseased people, and those
who mean us harm and carry bombs.
Malaria and leprosy are brought
by the undocumented who aren't caught.
The dumb, the desperate, or the diseased,
those lacking skills and schooling from "back home,"
all feel entitled through our fence to roam.
They break in here, and that's why we're displeased.
	But those who choose to come here legally
	have done it right,   deserving to be free.

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Gautam Shankar Banerjee December 22, 2016 at 9:33 PM There is a trace of racism in this poem. A poet must love all humanity and all life without discrimination.

Old Buck December 22, 2016 at 6:32 PM Amen. . . . but I fear there are many that might not agree with that. There's seems to be a feeling of entitlement among some "citizens" for these Illegal's and their "situation". America may find it's self in a situation soon enough. Thank you for sharing your thought with the soup. oldbuck

Andrea Dietrich December 14, 2014 at 10:37 AM I really like this. Congrats for being featured.