WHAT OUR WALL WILL SAY TO THE WORLD
America never needed a wall before
the nobility of Her mission was clear
once they saw the torch
and felt its warmth
in welcoming them
to Her shores
We never needed a wall before
Because
we remembered
where we came from
honoring the courageous ones
who put on their best suits
packed all of their possessions
into satchels big and small
a pair of worn boots in a bag
a pig in a pocketbook
We never needed a wall before
because we weren’t snobs
we all worked the lowest jobs
to get our worn out boots
in the door we started
on the floor
We never needed a wall before
but the snobs
calling for the wall
want
the whole world to know
that these United States
are as exclusive a
Country Club
as Mar-a-Logo
they want us to know
that we are not welcome
to join
that we will never
play golf or
eat puff pastries
there
If we are lucky
we will be hired
by
the president’s companies
to peel potatoes in
the basement
and wash the pubic hair
out of
the white house linens
The wall will tell us
that we are less than
the wall will teach us
our place
the wall rescinds
Lady Liberty’s invitation
Symbolizes
our fall from
grace
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