Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Barbs on the Heart – v2

A monument, long in coming
of some open scar tissue
a stain on our lives
a chapter of evil
when we jailed Americans
because they were different
nothing they had done.

A crane with barbed wire in its bill
a pool of water
tears spill off the rim
a memorial to our shame
their loss, at American hands
our people in chains.

Sanctioned by the President,
by Congress,
by Korematsu, the Court;
A stain that endured, echoes
in Abu Ghraib
and Guantanamo Bay,
holding people still.


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edited May 27, 2014
Barbs on the Heart – v2
August 5, 2006 18:12
Barbs on the Heart
National Japanese American Memorial
internment camps during WWII
Supreme Court Case - Korematsu

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