leave all valuables

Dylan Benjamin over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

Upon arrival all lips were collected.

You Cannot Enter This Country With Your Lips

They say.

A woman asks why?

They take her child and put it in a cell with

other children faceless nameless lipless kids

why? why?

They take her warm lips

Do Not Ask Why.

In a line the Bodies move to the next room

You Must Give Us Your Twisted Tongues That Slither

They say.

You Must Not Speak Here.

When the tongues are collected, a test begins

Your Tongues Upset Us; Your Accents Upset Us

They say.

Now Say ‘Asylum’.

ah-shiy-um. ah-shiiiy-um, ah-SHIY-um. good, good?

One man is taken

Do Not Say This.

Lastly, an interview in a concrete room

How Can You Come Here? They ask. Uninvited?

They look

Their eyes are on throats.

The pressure is a blocked dam that will not break

A man can’t talk with his hands against the wall.

A gun

pressed against his back.

Do Not Talk Here.

There is no response for the voices have gone.

We Will Keep These Things You Bring To Our Country

They Say.

Until You Leave Here.

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