Barriers
Close the borders of the land of the free,
Throw up interlocked fences, build a wall
Or, better still, both, thereby keeping all
Clamouring criminal migrants at bay.
Call out the National Guard, a show of strength
By bristling patriotic warriors.
Next, time to erect tariff barriers
And be prepared to go to any length
To make this a country of succeeders.
Promise the people they’ll be securer,
Even when everyone’s so much poorer,
Everyone, that is, except the leaders.
It seems the question of security
Is finally solved through ethnic purity.
D. A.