Overread at Table 5: A Few Notes on Segregations

a poem in six fragments:

A few notes on segregations


1.
Lines.
We are separated by lines.
Color lines
Welfare lines
Lines are the burkas we wear
to hide all but our haunted eyes
from ourselves.

2.
Why do we find such false security
in our segregation?

3.
Segregation – whether
imposed by ourselves
or by others – strangles
cultural growth.

4.
Only by embracing all of
our history can we move
forward as a nation.

5.
One nation of
many nations –
E pluribus unum

6.
I speak of
Unity through
Celebration of
Diversity.


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