How can a nation born of dilinquints and prostitutes,
A nation where the people currently in power took over the land of the indigenous people and rule them with a heavy hand,
Be their laws mostly humane
Their society mostly civilized
How can they now
Turn away immigrants.
Coming off boats?
Which is exactly how their forefathers got there.
Maybe it would have been better for the whole world,
If the natives of Australia
Had confiscated their boats and sent everyone to an encampment on Nauru
Instead of letting them settle on the mainland.
Maybe the Native American should have chased away and killed The Pilgrims
Maybe Mexico should have built a wall around what is now Texas and California
Before the Americans rose to claim it, kill for it and steal it
These are all just conjectures.
None of that matters
What matters is what we do now
What do we do now?*
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*refer to title
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