The War Cry of Natives by William Wright, Jr.

By Raja's Insight on November 17, 2019 • ( 1 )

There’s a new wave of huddled masses

Streaming through our ports

Strangers, who bear the full weight of our fears

“Drive them away”

Is the war-cry of so-called natives

From the sons and daughters of old travelers

“Terrorist”

Is scrawled over every proud name

Every doctor, every teacher, every wide-eyed poet

Who dreams and wades into refuge

“Terrorist” is far too small of a word

For the large hearts and minds

Who know, of terror’s full wrath

Excerpt from the book Microaggression

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