Here is a poem about the recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion fortifying nationalistic policies to “turn back” refugees, standing against this international human right previously affirmed by Congress. Let US overturn such a ruling and regain being on the right side of history…
Voyage of the Dammed — Owed to Welcoming Refugees
The 1939 voyage of the SS St. Louis carried hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who were turned back by many nations, including the United States. After return to Nazi Germany, hundreds of the refugees were murdered. This became known as “The voyage of the damned.”
Hear, we are
A mist
The rising tide
Of blood and soil
Look, US in efface
As you turn back
That time to watch
That interrupted voyage of the SS
Crossing
As unqualified high sees
A bout
The flush verse US
The dammed
How due wee get
Amor, then well come
Soully to be
Come
Neighborly nation
A civil quest in
Posed to sow much “more than”
See wall
And levees taxed
In regard to the pour
Cared out to sea
Caste aweigh
Into the far right
Aside of history
