July 20, 2018

My Journey to God

Jesus Joins ICE

I read the news today oh boy!
They said Jesus joined ICE,
Immigration and Customs Enforcers.

This is what we need to make
the Gospel speak loud and clear,
Jesus said, with fire in his eyes

and ice in his heart! Tear the little
ones apart from their mamas.
Put them in cages and cubicles.

Let them not know where they
are going or where their mamas
and maybe daddies have gone

and whether they will ever be together
again. Let them convulse and weep!
Let them learn what Zero Tolerance

means in the middle of the night
and under the fire of a hot sun.
Do not give into sticky compassion.

Be strong and carry a big stick.
Talk tough. Be hard. Erect a wall
between mamas and wailing babies.

Make our country and people great again.
Was this not once the Promised Land?
Jesus says ICE will make us pure again.

By Norbert Krapf
 

(Norbert Krapf is a member of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish in Indianapolis and was selected as Indiana Poet Laureate 2008-10.)

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