I wish I never met you
but I guess I never have
I've been instructed to resent you
by technicians in the lab
who've conjured up a spell
to export the fires of hell
to green fields here on earth
where families are sinning
in spite of all they do
I wish I never met you
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You are dirty
although we look the same
people say that I'm to blame
the way you gather
like terrors in the night
gospel-singing fright
in a devil tongue I do not recognise
worse than cancer
worse than plague
in some people's eyes
but not mine
I am coming round
to the fact that birds make different sounds
some sing fluttery
some cackle
but they all have feathers + wings
are equal birds when you hear them sing
their histories
their tapestries + lore
leave me wanting more
I guess I love you
the more I come to think
that no pen is mighty
when emptied out of ink +
a sword is just a handle
when cut off at the hilt +
that humans are all humans +
humans are all friends
or that they should + will be
when interrogation ends
when we put a stop
to dealing people out like cards
treating people like a canvas
for our separationist art
it's called 'divide and conquer' +
it's coming your way
unless you heed the poet's calling
and befriend an immigrant today
