by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 2, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry
The bad guys look like good guys
In fact they look like
grandpas and brothers
uncles and daddies and friends
Their skin is usually white
They have more than enough
Yet they must take from the children and the women
The most vulnerable and the most responsible
~
We pay them well
In fact they own most of the wealth
Yet we like to make sure they keep it
even though we are the ones who need
It is by their hands we bleed
~
Rock a bye baby
Far up in the tree top
We want you to be safe
So we don’t see you
when you cry for help
And we certainly don’t hear you
when you cry
Rape!
~
Holy holy holy
Whoever’s name we like to throw around
When it suits us
But we don’t really know You
And we certainly don’t love anything but the power of these
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 2, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry
When I am with you
I am at capacity
I am acceptable by myself
Yet I am optimized
by your presence
How did I ever live without you?
~
I knew love
by its full name
before I knew you
At least part way
But you showed me
new depths
and another side
~
When it was safe
we became we
Because it was safe
we became our own selves
It’s bigger than love because
I was known by and
I know you
Because I had been heard
I was seen
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 1, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry, Politics
Donald Trump has warned
The United States
will hit Iran
“with a force that has never been seen before”
if the Middle East nation retaliates
From one murderer to another
Putin said
“Please accept my deep condolences in connection with the murder
of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran”
~
Zack Polanski said the attack on Iran is illegal
He’s a British politician
but his family started in Latvia
and then went to Ukraine
and then Poland
and finally the UK
to avoid antisemitism
“That’s the law of the jungle
That’s an end to international law“
~
Hezbollah leader Naim Qasem
calls Ali Khamenei
a martyr
who leaves behind tens of millions of devotees
“We will fulfil our duty in confronting aggression
confident in Allah’s victory
guidance
and support”
~
Israeli military spokesperson
Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani
ensured reporters that many targets remained
including military‑industrial production sites
“We have the capabilities
and the targets
to keep going on for as long as necessary”
~
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
issued a statement this morning
“The assassination of the highest political official
of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the prominent leader
and authority of the Shiite world by
the sinister American-Zionist axis
is considered a declaration of open war
on Muslims
especially Shiites
in all corners of the world”
~
As the men talk
hardly anyone mentioned that
on February 28, 2026
Minab School was hit
AN ALL-GIRLS PRIMARY SCHOOL
located near an Iranian military site
148 people are dead
95 people are injured
Those little girls will never be mothers
Ramadan Kareem
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Photo Credit: By Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0
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by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 27, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry, Prayers & Thanksgiving
The search light searches
for life and truth
And sometimes there is just mystery
Because God cannot be completely understood
by my human mind
I know Him
In the quiet I have spoken my honest heart
and sought new ways to see and hear and speak
~
He is the search light
and the truth
But both take time to absorb
and adapt as He and I remove
what doesn’t serve to make room for what does
As my humanity sometimes fails me
or becomes more humble
A book is still only a book in men’s hands
and relationship has breath
~
Mankind has built an alter of evil
Babylon was never really demolished
only demonized
The tower was flattened and men’s language confused
but God still knew what men would do
were doing
are doing
God knows where all the children are
He made women with the best part of Himself
~
If you don’t seek Him
You won’t find Him
If you don’t know Him
He won’t know you
What a loneliness that distinction is
And you wonder why you have no joy
We have come to a fork in the road
Decisions must be made
~
Veils have been torn down
Lust
pride
and greed
has grown too great
Someone is shinning the search lights
in places so well hidden
right in front of our faces
~
Thriller may be more of warning
than a song to dance to
with friends
Where will you stand
when there is no place to rest
if you never learned to endure
Because love has always been an action word
not something to collect
~
Hell is not a place to go to
It is right here
when you choose not to love
God is love
God is light
Without love there is no light
So in the dark
we all burn and the hounds of hades
are hungry for those who enjoy the masquerade
~
But me and my house
we enjoy the light
We don’t wear masks
Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
The One able to search me
and know me
Alpha and Omega
You are the breath in me
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 20, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
Dr. Linda Davis died
Tuesday February 17th
in a car crash around 7:45 am
during the potentially illegal pursuit
of Oscar Vasquez Lopez by ICE
~
Lopez is from Guatemala
No one knows when he got here
but a federal judge
signed off on his removal
from the United States in 2024
~
Chatham County Sherriff’s Office
has no record of criminal history
before Lopez was charged with
first degree homicide by vehicle
reckless driving
driving without valid license
and failure to obey a traffic control device
~
Dr. Linda Davis
was a K-8 teacher at Savannah Chatham Public Schools
she was taken to the hospital
where she was pronounced dead
She was loved and will be missed
There will be counselors available
to support students and staff
“She always made you feel like you mattered”
~
Chatham County Chairman Chester Ellis
said they would have assisted ICE
“We have a no chase policy
to help protect our citizens
more than it is anything else
So there may have been a different way
to corner the individual
So that he could not run
or that he could not cause
the accident that took the life of Dr. Davis”
~
“I’m saying to the President
on down
to all our national leaders
There is a better way to do this“
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 19, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
Geraldo Lunas Compos
died on January 3rd
He was a man
being held down by guards
until he stopped breathing
The autopsy report
ruled this man’s death
a homicide
~
Compos was 55 years old
was the father of 4
He had been legally admitted
to the United States of America
in 1996 from Cuba
He had lived in New York
for more than 20 years
He had served two terms in jail
for crimes he did commit
He had been free since 2017
~
Compos wad detained
by ICE in September
and sent to Camp East Montana
on Montana Avenue
in El Paso
He had been placed in
solitary confinement
before he died
~
Petechiae in the eyes prove
asphyxia is the cause
Campos’ injuries were consistent
with a hand or foot on the neck
Labs revealed
antidepressants and antihistamines
Campos had a history of bipolar and anxiety
There was no mention of suicide
in the report
until authorities saw the medical examiner’s report
~
Geraldo Lunas Campos was pronounced dead
after paramedics arrived
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 18, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry, Politics, Prayers & Thanksgiving
I must stand in the light
and be the reflection
Of the love I know full well
Many think they know His love
But if you are following the lead of men
they will fail
because they must
so you will know you need a Savior
~
It isn’t His name that will save you
but His love
It is different than what can be
bought with money or influence
It is given freely
under the apple trees
or in places where
money doesn’t matter
~
Holy, Holy, Holy
is the Lord God Almighty
He has always been here
and always will be
And They don’t care what you call Them
But that you do
They are ravished
by one glance of your eye
~
The men in power can not save you
but your Teacher can help you
Through whatever war is created
whatever mistake you make
and They will love you all the way
Because you were breathed into existence
by the same Creator of the mountains
and the trees
~
Naked under the apple trees
we are all the same
Bodies come in many colors
but our souls either reached out to Them
or they did not
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 14, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry, Politics
Forgiveness does not mean
we don’t need change
Just because I accept
the peace that
letting go of you
Doesn’t mean that
I will let you destroy
anyone else
~
The stepfather
the boyfriend
the uncle
the stranger that stole
that took something that
can’t be returned
You will not be allowed
to feast on me
or my siblings
again
~
If the protesters
the writers of letters
the callers and communicators
to our representatives
offend you
You are letting the abuser continue
You are an abuser
You are helping them win
~
The system they built to keep us tired
so we can’t complain
so we keep making babies
for them to devour
needs to be ended
We out-number them
If you support the status quo
You are for them
~
I Wont Be Quiet
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 12, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
There is no picture of
Luis Gustavo Núñez-Cáceres
that I can find
This 42-year-old
Honduran citizen is
the first confirmed death of 2026
from an ICE Detention Center
~
Arrested on November 17 in Houston
Núñez-Cáceres began at
The Montogomery ICE Processing Center
but within a week
he was moved to
The Joe Corley ICE Processing Center
on Hilbig Street in Conroe, Texas
He died at a nearby hospital
on January 6th at 4:31 am
from complication related to
congenital heart failure
~
Both facilities listed are operated
by ICE-preferred contractor
The GEO Group, Inc
4 of the 7 people who died in December 2025
and at least 45 immigrants
have died while in the hospital
or promptly upon release from GEO Institutions
~
The DHS Appropriations Act of 2018
mandates that ICE
publicize reports of in-custody deaths
within 90 days
ICE claims they are dedicated
to the well-being of the humans in their care
But a guard just pleaded guilty
to sexual abusing a detained immigrant
and no supervisor was charged
It seems there is no justice
~
If screenings and assessments
healthcare and emergency services
are offered
If the well-being of detainees
is important
Why is there no one to hold accountable
Why is there no picture of Núñez-Cáceres
~
Every Person is Important
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 11, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry, Politics
My soul hurts today
I have never been raped
but men have touched me
without my permission
and I felt violated
Most of my friends can say the same
or more
~
God did not give permission
for anyone
to hunt, kill, or eat each other
Change can come if we decide
we want it bad enough
We don’t have to work from hate
~
We can work for love of each other
Because I love you and
value you
I want your safety and life
to be honored
~
No longer can we protect sickness
and depravity
You don’t get to steal
God’s breath in my lungs
We must protect life
All of it
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 9, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry
“Our professionally trained medical staff
including licensed doctors and nurses
provide timely compassionate care
to all individuals in our custody”
said Emily Lawhead
spokesperson for
The Imperial Regional Detention Center Facility
in Calexico, California
at 1572 Gateway Road
~
Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
died on January 9, 2026 at 1:18 am
He had been arrested on 11/16/25
in Newark, New Jersey
Within days of his arrival
at The Imperial
he was vomiting
and had pain in his stomach and chest
After a week he was tired when walking
and short of breath
They gave him pills for the pain
~
His daughter was on the phone
with his friend
when she was told he had gone to the hospital
“They were worried because dad hadn’t come back”
While they spoke
a private line called to tell her he died
“I had hoped that my dad would get
out of that place
but not this way”
She never got to say goodbye
~
Yanez-Cruz was 68 years old
He loved his children
He loved watching his 6 grandchildren
open their Christmas gifts
He was a soccer fan
a painter and construction worker
He enjoyed when his daughter made baleadas
a traditional Honduran dish
He came from Honduras for a better life
He applied for protected status twice
and was denied
~
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by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 6, 2026 | Opinions, Poetry, Politics
I praise God because He is good
even when no is right
and everyone is right
and the Epstein files are proving
what we already knew
~
I am not disagreeing with you
but I am including all sex abuse crimes
because Epstein Island is the one time that
Black Women were not included in sex abuse
although some might say it was not about sex
but about power and
the genitals just happened to be the way in
~
I’m not looking away and I am not ignoring what I see
I am just no longer shocked
I am just waiting
As someone who has been in need
and yet always forgotten
I am used to humanity
people do as people do unless they decide to change
~
And change must come from within
Change cannot be imposed
Change cannot be forced
Change cannot be man-made
or it wont last
That is why God honors free will
That is why God lets you choose
~
So while I wait
I will praise Him because even though
everyone is right
and everyone is wrong
God is always good
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 3, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
Victor Manuel Diaz
died in ICE custody
at Camp East Montana
on Digital Road in El Paso, Texas
They found in unconscious
and unresponsive on January 14, 2026
Diaz is the third human to
have died there
since they opened last year
~
Diaz was 36-years-old
he came to The United States
to earn money to build a house for his mom
He was arrested on January 6
in Minneapolis
His family in Nicaragua learned of
his detention
through his employer
~
“I don’t believe he took his life
He was not a criminal
He was looking for a better life”
said his brother
in response to ICE saying
it was suicide
No one knows why his body
was sent to Fort Bliss
instead of the local medical examiner
~
Diaz had his mother
two sons and siblings
back home
They say he was not depressed
What happened so that he can not go home?
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 2, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
They’re all wearing masks
They don’t identify themselves
They are driving around in
unmarked vehicles
with tinted windows
They change their license plates
all the time
~
In response we blow our whistles
~
There is no one who is safe right now
Rent is due at the end of the month
and income earners have been stolen
~
We live in a war zone
because of their lawlessness
There is need of those
who document what is happening
Deliver food and medicine
Take children to school
~
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by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 2, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
The 5th person to die in ICE custody
this month
in the first 16 days of 2026
Herber Sanchez Dominguez
was only 34-years-old
He has a wife
and children
~
Dominguez was found unresponsive
at 2:05 am on January 14, 2026
at The Robert A Deyton Detention Facility
in Lovejoy, Georgia
on Hastings Bridge Road
~
We knew when he got here in 2023
he was captured
and released
with a notice to appear for an
immigration violation
~
On January 7, 2026
Dominguez was arrested
for driving without a license
Language barriers compound
the obstacles immigrants must overcome
~
Transparency
and access to care
could save lives
Just because Heber was born in Mexico
his mental health should have counted
~
I hear his cries
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 1, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
Parody La was a 46-year-old male
La was last seen in Upper Darby Philadelphia
He left to get groceries on January 6, 2026
He had been detained
for hours before his family
knew he was gone
~
La came here as a refugee
when he was 2-years-old
He’s never been to Cambodia
He’s really an American man
even though he lost his permanent residency
after some bad choices between 1992 and 2022
~
Experiencing drug withdrawal
La was placed under medical observation
at the ICE Detention Center on Philadelphia Street
His family questions the use of naloxone
when medical finding cite
anoxic brain injury
shock and multi-organ failure
He was not overdosing
~
Parody was a real person
People loved him
He has a daughter named Jasmine
He died on January 6, 2026
after 2 days in the hospital
one of 32
to have died in detention
Every Person Is Important
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 31, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
“Its gonna be hard to break me
because I have a strong spirit
and I grew up with a whole lot of love”
Keith Porter was shooting his gun in the air
celebrating New Years 2026 in Los Angeles
when an off-duty ICE agent shot him
adding to their record of making false and distorted claims
~
“I got two beautiful young girls
and I’m going to raise them
the way I’m supposed to”
Porter held multiple jobs
and was a student aid to kids
with special needs
His friend says its hard to hear people
sully his reputation
“He loved to make you smile”
~
“I pray I talk to God
I talk to family
Because at the end of the day
that’s all I really got
I feel rich”
He used to call his mother every day
to say I love you
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 27, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
Alex Pretti never touched
the gun in his holster
the one he was licensed to carry
the one our second amendment protects
He had no criminal record
~
Alex Pretti wasn’t a protester
he was a witness
He was an ICU nurse at the VA Hospital
He was helping a woman up
off the ground
~
10 shots were fired
in less than 5 seconds
3 shots in his back
He had additional wounds
in his chest and neck
~
Four or five ICE agents had him
on the ground
Even though it didn’t appear
he was trying to resist
Yet they felt the need
to shoot him
until and even after he was dead
~
Pretti is the 2nd United States citizen
shot by federal officers this month
The media called the woman a protester
but she was a neighbor
said the business owner
who knew both of them
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 27, 2026 | ICE, Opinions, Poetry, Politics
“I’m fine Dude
I’m not mad at you”
Renee Good‘s last words
~
DHS Policy Says
ICE can shoot at a moving car
if it poses imminent threat of death
or serious bodily injury
to the officers or someone else
~
But why?
Can dead people control where
their car crashes?
~
20 years on the job
This ICE agent was an Iraq Vet
This was his second vehicle related incident
~
3 shots
One in her arm
One in her breast
One in her head
Maybe this agent needs to retire
~
Good was a mother and wife
She was a singer of songs and author of joy
And she will never pick up her son from school
again
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 14, 2026 | Poetry
There are Energizer Bunnies
wearing skates made of razor blades
running down my back while they pound on drums
they wear around their necks
More of them are populated between my shoulders and fingertips
And also my knees and toes
And sometimes my feet burst into flames
~
There are Crash Test Dummies
working diligently in my hips
and a Sumo Wrestler
squeezing my head with his thighs
Fibromyalgia sucks
Sleep has been a test
I am not sure I passed
~
I turned on some piano music
To lull the sound of life outside of this room
I want to chase sleep for a bit longer
Every joint ricochets in consecutive order as I
slowly turn over and place my ear over Karen’s heart
A sound that grounds me
Makes me feel safe because I am home
~
Broken by the bullets of notifications
~
“Honey, why do my friends send me messages at 7 am?
They are smart people
They know I am not up yet?
If I remember to turn my notifications off
I might not remember to turn them back on
And then I will miss them altogether”
~
She kisses my head
“They are just excited to talk to you”
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 8, 2026 | Art, Opinions, Poetry
An armed attack against Greenland
is an armed attack against NATO
and we don’t want to attack NATO
because the United States is also
a member of NATO
and right now we are crazy
~
Proof being that ICE just shot
a 37-year-old single mother in the face
A United States citizen
who just didn’t want to be detained
without due process
for an unknowable amount of time
because she has a 6-year-old
But now her child is an orphan
And I don’t believe the words of Kristi Noem
~
Venezuela is still standing
however we are still stealing their oil tankers in the sea
Our Sex Offender and Chief is drooling over barrels of oil
that he is counting in his mind
while he is wondering when he will be impeached
And we are all laughing at the Food Pyramid
RFK Jr has turned upside down
~
Heck ya!
Things I never thought would happen
Are here
The Late Show
Is just trying to help us find a way to laugh
instead of cry
~
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 3, 2026 | Poetry
I am so thankful
that I don’t have to know what to say to You
You already know
that I am scared
that we are scared
that they are scared
that we don’t know what to do
~
You always know what to do
~
I haven’t lived long enough
to know what to do
I am comfortable with the fact
That You have always been here
~
You always know what to do
~
There are people that are hurting
There are people that have lost their homes
There are people who have been lied to
There are people who don’t have enough
Some of us need medical care
All I can say is
Please help
~
You always know what to do
~
I want You to shine
I want You to win
I want us to feel safe
I want us to know we are loved
~
Please help
~
Please wait...
