A Blast of ICE in my Ballard Kitchen
POEM BY CLAIRE BUSWELL
Editor’s Note: On Jan. 25, 2026, ICE agents near Seattle, Wash., detained a father who was driving his 2-year-old son to daycare. In the backseat of the man’s car, the toddler sat alone in his car seat for 30 minutes, waiting for someone to pick him up after his father was taken away.
Writer Claire Buswell wrote her poem in response to the news story. p>