Monday, October 3, 2022

Refugee

Families in a refugee camp.

I know you. You and yours

persecuted and savaged my forebears

exiling them, subjugating them

enslaved them, humiliated and

slaughtered them. I know you.

You have fled the savage domination

of your own separated by sect

not tribe and wreaking havoc on

yours. You've come here seeking

refuge, the very state of being that rejected

haven to mine. I know you, your

face and your voice, your culture

and its death cult. In my home you

are called upon to reject that culture

not as a guest but a loyal citizen

cleaving to values suddenly yours, too.

 

 

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