Poem: For Emma Lazarus - And All Who Remember

ForFor Emma Lazarus

(And all who remember)

Take back your tired and your poor.

We do not want them anymore.

Emma does not understand

the real story of our land.

Keep your children at bay.

I decline to pray

but travail truly rules our days.

I in my cups or dotage

cannot bear this longer.

You I thought were strong

but ere your bubble bursts

your ersatz gods expire

Remember this. Forget the choir:

It will cost you dear.

Sharon Ann Stern

New York City

6/20/18

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