Welcome to Calais
Our flat wall announces
Bienvenue chez vous.
But what about you?
Not this vous
But you
Unwelcome
Unvalued
But you.
Who travelled to get here
Through hell and high water
For better, for freedom
For worse.
L’enfer, c’est les autres
And this hell indeed
Was created by others
Who don’t
Have a clue
About you
And the welcome
You need
So take mine
And be welcome chez nous.