Box it up, put it away:
Nativity Scene, 2018.
Infant in a cage,
Magi banned from travel.
Desperate parents fleeing
murderous thugs, saving
the child’s life. While
Herod-in-Chief names them
thieves and murderers, amasses
armies to defend rampant fear.
The moral unraveling not so
easily packaged and shelved:
we tolerated this atrocity.
Still on southern borders
a child sleeps beneath aluminum foil,
wakes to the glint of sun on fence.
Kathy Coffey will speak at St. Joan’s parish in San Ramon CA 1/25. Admission free, but pre-registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/fr-ray-and-st-joan-of-arc-staff-7811088537
Kathy Coffey 
Powerful.
Love your writing. You are an inspiration.
💜
Sal