One of the lesser known civilities
offered to the detainees of Guantanamo Bay
was, from 2009, giving them art classes
and materials with which to be creative.
Under Barak Obama they were permitted
to take their art with them when they left,
as innocent men, scarred by incarceration.
From 2017 Donald Trump's government
released more prisoners, unannounced.
But changed the rules, the prisoners' art
was declared the property of the state,
The detainees could not take it with them.
'That is a small price to pay for being free'
you might say, and yes their liberty
meant more than than what they left without,
but I have to ask 'What measure of pettiness
should such a wealthy western government
be known for, when it disallows departing detainees
the small freedom of choice that was
once permitted to them when confined.
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