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UNRECOGNIZABLE

What would I say were you to ask me when
my love of country first had gone astray?
I’d look you in the eye, pick up my pen,
and write my heart as best I can convey.

America, my love for you stands strong,
and that’s why my respect for you has died.
For almost all that once was right is wrong —
now gone the principles that edified.

Once welcoming of those who are in need;
once sticking to the promises you made;
now inhumane, you lie and bleed with greed.
How is it possible you’ve so far strayed?

The question, then, is when I lost respect.
It’s as these vile months in have gone unchecked.

© Marie Elena Good 2025
 
Just today alone in my country, immigrants began to arrive in “Alligator Alcatraz,” and our “servants” passed Trump’s “big beautiful bill.”

And it is only late afternoon.