ICE is Not Nice / Make Them Go Away

By Elizabeth Harper

ICE is Not Nice

Icky sticky, not sweet
Cynical, corrupt, with stinky feet
Everywhere feeling the heat

I do not like ICE
Scamper off like mice!

Noses breathing tear gas
Once they get you on your ass
They are there to harass

Not wanted in our city
Invasion is not pretty
Chicago is a place to be
Everyone wants to be free!

Make Them Go Away

Money makes murder
Armies of mercenaries
Kindling reactive violence
Echoing the hatred they feel

Thrown in a van or on the street
Homes violated, peace reneged
Enter the troops, the thugs
Multiple malevolent muggers

Gringos in neck gaiter masks
Obviously hiding their mean mugs

Always obtrusively lurking
Where we don’t want them to be
Away with you scoundrels!
Go now! Disappear yourselves! Flee!

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