sun and Caesar hit those who take refuge in their country
call on a cross twice as heavy as they are
their children grow monstrous in the dust
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 8 July 1667.
Dave Bonta's "Refugees" is a short, hard poem about people who flee to another country and find only more harm there. The opening image puts the sun and "Caesar" side by side, as if blistering heat and political power were the same kind of force, both striking down on people who have nothing to…
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