day TWO HUNDRED and THREE

ICE

They are coming for us

through the windows

and the doors

through our neighbors

and our phones.

They are coming for us

through the White House

and the police

through the subways

and our teeth.

They are coming for us

because we are not one of them

we are one of us

because we are not white

we are not welcome.

They are coming for us

and there is no sanctuary.

They are coming to pull us apart

separate families

shatter lives

because we are poor

or brown

or women.

They are coming for us.

And the man in charge says

we can’t do anything about it

But I think we can.

Because no one is an alien

and love is love is love

because I swear to a god

I don’t believe in

They’ll have to kill me first.

--Ally Malinenko