To the delight of subhuman carrion-eaters posing
as helpful guides known as human smugglers
nothing dissuades the sea of humanity
intent on leaving the miseries of existence
in their countries of birth for the dream of
living as do those in the developed and
economically and socially advanced
countries they once heard of but now in
this new age of instant communication
have seen with their own incredulous eyes.
The wealth, the opportunities, the lavish
lifestyles, the mountains of food, the palatial
homes along with the luxury vehicles that
pair with them; why not for them, too?
Little knowing, much less interested that in
those countries too the wealth of the nation
lies in the hands of the privileged. And so they
leave their homes behind, undertaking with
little trepidation perilous journeys across land and sea
fraught with dangers to realize their aspiration
to arrive on the shores of foreign lands which
shudder at the prospect of their naive expectations.
Their declarations of haven-seeking from desperate
conditions of civil war, drug wars, poverty and
persecution gain them a hearing in those nations
perplexed and wary but burdened with conscience.
Those migrants in their unstoppable numbers who
evade human predators and death on land or at sea
present a dilemma of humanitarian obstinacy. Yet
among them some will find their goal while others
approaching the wrong border encounter border
guards unprepared to escort them to an official
intake, who obey instructions to shoot on sight.
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