by Michelle DeRose
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Federal agents detained an immigrant woman with a pending asylum case and a work permit inside [Rayito de Sol] a Chicago children’s day care on Wednesday morning, local officials said. —Newsweek, November 5, 2025
The men are large, clad all-black,
balaclavad like ninja costumes
four year-olds wore last week.
Stiff flinty edges vest their chests.
They wield the only guns.
Two-on-one they seize the teacher,
batter-ram the door with her head.
Toddlers stare, she screams, parents
shake. The sun barely up for the day,
care kidnapped, spirited away.
Michelle DeRose wants to return to writing poems about her recently departed cat and the spot on her dog's back. Too many images from her original home town, Chicago, block that these days.