Today those in power would
dust off that order
for their New American
Order, white Christians to the head
of every line, minorities suspect.

Michi, Kenji, Tomoko –
I bow my head in shame
that such cruelty to you
and your people is now
applicable to a new

group of “enemies,”
as though confinement
is just another tool
of government, like
water boarding.

The U.S.A. has gone
a long way since FDR
and teeters on the brink
of what abominations,
a pariah among nations?

Michi, Kenji, Tomoko –
we are all
in the same
boat now.