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Words of Intention for the Migrant Caravan

A person with a weathered hand outstretched, wearing a jacket and shirt, with a blurred background.

these illegals

these tattered
these swollen eyed
 
swept up
somber
and 
stinging 
 
are more lawful 
than you could possibly surmise
 
but when you read from broken tablets
i suppose everyone is a crack
 
in the depths of the crevice falls our whole humanity
 
while the stone that is a hidden heart
cries out from the ancient wall
 
pleading
for a new set
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