“after the dream act is revoked” by Rebecca Foust (poetry ’10)

after the dream act is revoked

it’s time to get my hair cut again & the dream act    
just got rolled back      what can i do   
get in the car    keep the appointment   
preserve etiquette        the economy        routine    
so stupid        stupid        stupid        what can i do    
pick fruit for a pie      sweep the floor    
feed the dog        call my reps        send emails      
knit a pink hat        go to a march         write this dumb poem  
phone my kids who I can reasonably assume
will not get shot going out for milk        or sling-shot
back to a country that vomited them up
in fire & thirst & dismemberment
to land here with no guarantees

[… continue reading at Love’s Executive Order.]