Child Abuse

Policies have repercussions.

Take family separation--

A policy that's practiced by

The Donald Trump administration.

We separated families

Here in the good ol' USA

As a form of punishment

For refuge seekers wanting to stay.

 

After two and a half years,

Eleven hundred kids remain

Separated from their parents!

Such a practice is insane!

 

While the government's explanations

Have been untruthful, vague, and distorted,

Five hundred forty-five

Of the kids' parents have been deported.

 

Lawyers have been seeking the parents.

Imagine the effort the search would entail.

Up to now the monumental

Task has been to no avail.

 

Separation is bad enough.

But with inadequate record-keeping?

We've sown the seeds of heartlessness;

Look at what we now are reaping.

 

The policy has been a disaster.

Who could not describe it thus?

Such an ugly picture it paints;

And what does such cruelty say about us?

 

One could look for an ounce of compassion

Within Trump's heart, but it's no use.

What we've seen is basically

Government-sanctioned child abuse.

-by Bob B (10-21-20)