Korean ICA—Internment Camps
of Abduction

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.

—Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC

For over half a century we have called ICA

Inter-Country Adoption

international adoption

transnational adoption

a humanitarian gesture

love in action

building happy families

saving children

giving them a better life

Now we must call it what it is

this is a holocaust of children

this is a colonization of a people by their own

this is legalized child trafficking

this is cultural genocide

this is a violation of human rights

this is a war on bodies

this is a war crime

this is ICA

Internment Camps of Abduction

Korea, once occupied

now conducting your own occupation

you are occupying the lives

of two hundred thousand of your own

#10 OECD ranking

equals economic development and prosperity

postwar recovery

on the backs of your children

politicians sit

on their National Ass

profiting from yellow babies

bought and sold

on the open market

to the tune of

fifty million

US dollars in annual sales and profits

and when we return

you offer us

$200 in reparations

Mercedes, Lexus, BMWs

line Apgujeong Road

while boys and girls of all ages

line the walls of agencies

their destinations unknown

they wait for their numbers to be called

their prices to be named

their shipping dates to be set

your luxury cars cost more

than our $30,000 price tag

more precious to you

than these lives soon to be lost

you seethe with anger

at the sight

of a hairline scratch

on your 650i coupe

quietly breathe

a sigh of relief

as each shameful child leaves

this land

you dare to call a nation

This nation

this peninsula

is divided between north and south

No, this peninsula

is divided between east and west

every day

six

more

Korean families are divided

their babies abducted from them

sent to the internment camps

never to be seen again

Northwest Airlines? NWA?

NWA means Not Without Asians

Northwest refuses to leave Korea

without six Korean infant cargo

stashed away as commodity every day

their bankrupt business won’t survive

without this international trade

University students sit stunned

as they learn the truth

of their national shame and guilt

yet remain divided

when asked to take a stand

it is no wonder

as we

have been deleted from history books

as you hope to erase generation

after generation

after generation of your unwanted people

You hoped

we would never return

you thought

you could hide the truth

but you can’t hide us any longer

We are the history makers!

you are ashamed

that we have returned

and have marked our territory

yet you claim it as your rightful legacy

to celebrate an Olympic skier

you have taken one of our children

used him as your poster child

you’ve brainwashed and drafted us

to participate in your human trafficking

because it is legal you can do this with a sinful smirk

ROK—Republic of Korea? The ROK?

No! ROK means Rid of Koreans

rid of the unwanted people

who you refuse to claim as your own

children born to mothers

but not to fathers

Sent to the internment camps

you made us leave everything behind

our names

our language

our families

our heritage

Reclaiming our lives

you do everything possible

to make it impossible

for us to ever take back

what you

have stolen

from us

Japan stole your Korean names

now you

have done the same

and worse

to us

history does repeat itself

If these words are too angry

too militant for you

if they cause you discomfort

and you squirm in your seat

then I say

they are not angry enough

they are not militant enough

until you cannot sleep at night

and will take a stand

against

this

injustice!