11/9/16 Nightmare

Beware

the map
oozes blood red
on the night of broken glass

 a harbinger of hatred
history repeating itself

lessons forgotten
                disregarded
 ignorance
blindness
        or worse

children fear going to sleep
a monster is loose

grotesque

he is followed by a parade
of men in white robes and hoods
                   ripping away the head scarfs
                                             in the land of the free

a license to
assault
grope
bully
spew

           in the name of nationalism

families torn apart
deported

a great white wall divides us

a different kind of star

as the world stands by
watching
waiting
wondering
where this will all lead

haunting voices from history cry out
remember
remember
remember .....