what if?

what if

Mexico was lobbing bombs

and rockets

over

the border into crowded

cities

for twenty-two years

not to mention

fentanyl.

they want Texas back.

would we

respond, or let it go?

just shrug and say,

oh,

they're just letting off

a little steam.

and what if they invaded,

crossed over

the line, through the fence

uninvited

and killed

people in their sleep,

slaughtered

children

and the elderly, raped

and pillaged. took hostages.

would we be upset?

i hope so.

but right now we look

increasingly

weak.