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The disgraceful treatment of desperate refugees.
Human Flotsam,Political Acrostic by Terry Reilly
Political Poetry writing prompt entry

People-traffickers, familiar term, slides glibly off the tongue.

Offering false promises to victims, old and young.

Lying, cheating psychopaths who prey upon the weak.

Inflicting danger recklessly on those who freedom seek.

Taking kids and elderly, across the storm-tossed sea,

In tiny crafts, just rubber rafts, bound for eternity.

Callous politicians pandering to the xenophobe

Abstract these desperate refugees half-way round the globe.

Let’s shout it out, come Polling time, our Message loud and clear; they, too, belong in God’s 

sweet love, the Good Lord holds them dear.



Writing Prompt
Write a political poem. Any type of poem that you wish.

Author Notes
What a great idea. Incarcerate these desperate people before sending them to a country where tribal rivalry cost so many lives in recent memory. Oh, sorry. I forgot. If we welcomed and supported them they might disturb our fragile economic status quo. What do I know about Politics?

     

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