ICE’s Masked Marauders

by Bill Berkowitz / February 22nd, 2026

ICE untrained
ICE unrestrained
ICE wearing masks
ICE not up to the task
Plato warned of unseen men
Masks that hide the hand from sin
Power trains arrogant fanatics
Masks become their only ethics
Morality’s a social pact
We behave when eyes look back
Remove the gaze, the rules get bent
Masked-up morals: chucked, unspent
ICE untrained
ICE unrestrained
ICE wearing masks
ICE not up to the task
The unseen and unobserved act unjustly
Without consequences order breaks down
Shooting down Renée Good and Alex Pretti
are thorns in the fascist crown
I can tell you this without immunity
ICE marauders will act with impunity
And when the bell tolls
for Trump, Vance, Miller, Homan, and Noem
Justice will demand a Nuremberg at home

Bill Berkowitz is a longtime observer of the conservative movement. Read other articles by Bill.

This article was posted on Sunday, February 22nd, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.