the American tiger
was born pre-mature
& underweight
because birth
was regarded as
a pre-existing condition
she is
homeless & illegal
under the current
laws of immigration
in this year
of devastating, but
unnecessary, recession
during a long-continuing,
& ultimately unnecessary
war
you may have heard her
meow at midnight––
but be not
mistaken––she is born
an American tiger &
you will yet hear her
roar