We put a man on the moon
Here, we put children in cages
Rover scouts out Mars
Here, we have steel barriers, oil gauges
We calculate trajectories of satellites
Slowly drift off-course
Toddlers drink from toilet bowls -
A new water source
Starlight trapped above their heads
In Exclusion Park, aluminum beds
Our phone burning up with all the children lost
ICE melts lives, no more permafrost
Six week maternity leave, then leave your kid behind
Families sip Flint water 'til lead ruins their minds
Babies slip through mother's hands
In Exclusion Park, cold boxes, cold lands
Burritos, like stones in their tummy
Better than school lunches some can't afford
Children disappeared can't be ignored
Stars burn beyond reach
Stars behind clouds
In Exclusion Park
Stars in the dark
Columbine, El Paso,
Teenagers choked by police
Others seeking asylum
Hounded by ICE
We fence off consequences
Of countries we destroy
What do we stay for
Who do we pray for
A two-year old alone in a court room
Too young to read the Bill of Rights
Drones hover above borders
Grown men track children in their sights
Not looking in their eyes, we find stars
Looking in the dark
Lost children in Exclusion Park