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To Those

To those who gave up everything they knew, they lived, they loved, To give me my Today my American day: Were that small leaking stinking wooden ship sailing today bound for America, And they be crowded on the bow watching in great anticipation as an unknown skyline emerges from the mist... What would they see? A gate across the waters...? Signage saying No Admittance. No immigrants allowed. And a statue weeping.

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Date: 5/23/2023 9:20:00 AM
It's the sad truth, Sarah. And, today, it would be a luxury liner, letting off tourists to spend money and take photos of the remnants of America.
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