cross the border

are you crossing?

The government answer to asylum seekers 
       is a wall in their face 

the government answer to migrants 
        is that they are a crisis

the government answer to migration 
       is that an antelope doesn't need a passport 
       but may only cross in small gaps between barbed wire

the government answer to asylum 
is an avoidant attachment style
       to their jobs and policy implementation

the migrant answer to a wall 
    is that a wall is not an answer

 
    
                                            There is a belief 
                     
                         that standing on a doorstep      searched, questioned?
                  
                     is bad luck                                      each time we’re held up,
             
             it’s the border between our home life                    is this the tension we feel
                 
                 and outside life         does it hold every dead citizen of both countries, 
                      
                    it’s where our ancerstors dwell      between one country and the next
                                     
                                              If a crossing is the line