Deplorable

in a dream,

they gathered at the border,

old, young,

women and children,

frightened,

confused,

tears in their eyes,

fear on their faces,

mother’s begging,

father’s pleading;

passage denied;

the jets roared in from the west,

low and fast,

sleek and shining,

guns blazing,

rockets streaking;

running,

screaming,

crying,

mass extermination,

total annihilation,

complete death,

opposition crushed;

deplorable no more.

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