The Statue of Border Security
copyright © 2018 by Robert L. Blau

Once upon a time, in a perpendicular universe, not far away ...

The year is 1886.  The President of the United States is dedicating the new statue on Liberty Island.  Near Ellis Island. The one made by those French guys, Bartholdi and Eiffel.  You know.  The guy with the tower.  Real Americans Sneezy and Grumpy speak ...

Sneezy:  "They dedicated the statue today.  Didja hear the President speak?"

Grumpy:  "Nah.  What statue was that?"

Sneezy:  "The Statue of Border Security, man!  Doncha pay attention to the news?"

Grumpy:  "Oh, yeah.  That.  Did the Frogs pay for it, like the President promised?"

Sneezy:  "Yeah, they did.  And the President says it'll stop the invasion of rapists and terrorists from shit-hole countries and make America great again."

Grumpy:  "You think so?  I don't know.  The ones that really worry me are the Germans.  Ignorant, uneducated, unskilled riffraff who don't speak English, you know.  Unassim-ab-ble ...  Unassim-il-ible ...  You can't assimilate 'em"

Sneezy:  "Oh, yeah.  The Huns are the worst."

Grumpy:  "So how do we keep out the Hun?"

Sneezy:     "Well, the Statue of Border Security has a great inscription that ought to do it.  Here, I wrote it down:

    'GO AWAY! We don't want you here!  Give me a break from your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.  I refuse your wretched refuse.  Keep your homeless, tempest-tossed.  I slam the golden door in your face!  And while we're at it, I got some Injuns I want to give you!'"