Taller Fences

How tall should the fences be

to shut out the people who don't look like me?

How wide a barricade,

how high the wall

that blocks the deadbeats

and their urban sprawl

What building can I build

that will keep me from seeing

the homeless, the helpless,

and those who are fleeing

homelands without homes

and tyranny unchecked,

maybe it's bad where they come from

but why should I stick out my neck

for the lazy, the useless, those

who won't try more

Get a job! Work harder!

Stop being so damn poor!

And don't throw your 

Socialist Jesus in my face

with his free handed love

and his unjust grace

the wheat from the chaff 

Jesus preached separation

the sheep segregated 

from the goat's damnation

In my America

this Christian nation

eternity is the prize

of my privatized salvation

Just how tall should the fences be

to shut out the people who are other than me?