Said the man with Mafia connections
and a record of hush-money payments
contradicting the rules of Customs and Border Protection
of the people trying to flee the Dorian-ravaged islands
with the clothes on their backs
and probably no papers
showcasing not only his lack of compassion
but limited vocabulary as well
“I don’t want to allow people
that weren’t supposed to be in the Bahamas
to come into the United States
including some very bad people
and some very bad gang members
and some very, very bad drug dealers."
Said Bahamas resident Vida Hepburn
perhaps too charitably
"He's an idiot."
This poem © 2019 Emily Cooper.
