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Authors Note: This poem is based on true events in Texas. The horrific way in which humans are being smuggled and trafficked has to stop!!!
They’re thrown, like trash
Into containers, chained
Padlocked, no air, no light
The only sound, echoes
Of tears, falling against
Metal floors, they dare not
Cry out, lest they lose
The only thing left, but life
Betrayed them, left them
Stranded, unable to survive
—> See news report HERE
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Night Owl Poetry - Dorinda Duclos 
Tragic. Nothing compares….
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Breaks my heart every time…
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Indeed. The lack of public awareness only drives the corruption further.
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It is terrible. It happens so often over here too.
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Breaks my heart every time I hear about it 😦
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Mine too. They expect a new life and experience the worst tragedy…
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And the ones who allow it happen, shame on them. Disgusting.
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Oh yes, they are responsible too for what happens!!
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So cruel… inhuman… Disgusting…
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You said it, Walt…an so much more 😦
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A very powerful poem on such a terrible reflection of humanity.
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Thank you very much.. It’s heart breaking 😦
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A powerful poem, Dorinda. Man’s capacity for cruelty never ceases to stun me.
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I can’t even imagine the horror in that truck. Ugh! Thank you.
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