Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Immigrants

They said new people
have come to town.
Move aside, let them in,
it's freezing here, let them in

Their land far behind, people,
memories, riches and needs,
a place to pray, cemeteries
for the dead, all gobbled up:

Violence with or without a cause,
Needless lives, needless deaths.
They said deathly winters made
them flee. Warm your heart,
they are of sinews, flesh and blood.

And like you and me, ape-descendants;
Together our era has found gravitational waves, gene therapy
and why, the god particle itself.

Move aside, let them in
Roll a smoke, lead them on
Write a story, take a picture
Feed them, famous, quick,
Strike a pose. And yet, and yet

The need to belong is still theirs.
They said, move aside, let them in
And when you did, did you truly let them in?





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