Freddie Robinson Jr. Poet Dramatic Verse

Caged Children

So many immigrant children
are put into pretend 
American government foster care
Buildings with cages ... 
an Orwellian facade labeled “Detention”
Being in a little person prison,
incarcerated at the age of three
Separated from their parents 
indefinitely, maybe ...
Umbilical bond cut forever, most likely
“Zero Tolerance” is the wicked policy title
American human-rights haters
falsely claim
this ungodly law is written in the Holy Bible
How inhumane
to snatch a child from their parent
So beastly demented
to traumatize children permanently 
Only getting peer guidance in a cage,
under-developed emotions 
being malnourished fed on feral rage
Chained migration ... 
putting whole families behind iron bars
Fear immigration ... 
fleeing certain death to life in prison
Seeking liberty asylum, and getting the penitentiary penalty
for illegally crossing over into the land of the free
And their innocent children 
are forced to be raised in a government cage,
treated with such animal disdain
Caged children ... 
look into their eyes and see their pain
Ugly American 
wielding frontier justice so inhumane
Caged children ... 
young broken hearts fatally familial separating
America flag infraction,
no honor bestowed for this immoral ethic stain  
Caged children ... 
reach into their souls and feel their pain
Ugly American 
go to your border grave buried in shame

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Shirley Rebstock June 23, 2018 at 5:59 PM You expressed it well. When I look back at myself being a child, I would have been totally traumatized bein separated from my mom or dad.

Silent One June 19, 2018 at 4:59 PM Hey Freddie... what a sad sad situation it is... How can you separate children and place them in cages??? And most only have tin foil as blankets!!! Powerful poem!!

Arthur Vaso June 19, 2018 at 3:15 AM Very powerful, and to me this is so un American! After Obama, I just dont get it. But there is no doubt, the Trump administration, well act like Nazi's and thats not an exaggeration, simply my belief. I dont have to agree to respect both parties, but what we see now is a hijacking of democracy!