4 SEPTEMBER STRANGERS IN STRANGE HOTELS

UNDER GUARD BUT NO LEGAL SAFEGUARDS 

KIDS KEPT IN MID-MARKET HOTELS UNTIL THEY’RE SENT BACK

TO GUATEMALA OR SIMILAR 

HOTELS WITH NEW ENGLAND NAMES 

EVOKING SECURITY AND THE SOFT LIGHTING SADLY LACKING

IN THESE CHILDREN’S LIVES    

IT’S SAID THAT ISOLATING MIGRANTS PRIOR TO DEPORTING THEM  PROTECTS THE HOST POPULATION FROM FOREIGN BODIES

MAGICIAN DAVID BLAINE  TIED TO A BUNCH OF BALLOONS 

FLOATS ABOVE THE DESERT TO A HEIGHT OF 30 000 FEET 

PARACHUTING BACK DOWN

HE RUNS ALONG SCRUBLAND

TO MAKE THE PERFECT LANDING  

RELIEF BREAKING OUT ALL OVER HIM    

FLOATING OR GROUNDED SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK    

SOME WILL SAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME 

OTHERS ARE ON THE PLANE AND IN THE AIR  

BEFORE ANYONE ELSE KNOWS WHERE ON EARTH THEY ARE

WISHING THAT MIGRANTS 
WEREN’T PUT ON PLANES 
WITH LESS REGULATION 
THAN PIECES OF MEAT   
YOURS TRULY   
THE NEWS POET