poem: Black Saturday, March 15, 2025

by Heather Emerson

Black Saturday, March 15, 2025

two hundred men

were arrested,

accused of being

gang members,

shackled wrist

and ankle,

ripped away

from American shores,

without evidence,

without due process,

they were labeled

as vermin to be expelled

to a foreign prison

of treacherous repute.

these are our sons, parents cried,

void of criminal records!

those sworn to uphold

the Constitution

spat on the orders

of the court:

return the planes,

release the captives.

history will recall

this infamous day

when darkness fell,

hopes relinquished,

and two hundred men

were disappeared.