Power Failure

They are pulling babies from their mothers

At our borders in the name of god

And country. They believe that blaming others

Will absolve them of their crimes. How odd:

Were their mothers cruel to them? Does that

Explain the disavowed cruelty,

The smug retreat behind the furtive format

Of civility and walls and fences. He

That believes or falls for that is a fool. No

Fools are more loving: they tease their Lears