I can't take my razor wire smile
as it cuts me to the quick
the border patrol mile after mile
of my mind makes me sick.
Xenophobic sensibilities
evacuate my soul
hating other ethnicities
ultimately takes its toll.
Ethnic cities sound a lot like
a cacophonous parader
of raucous performances unlike
a monolingual nadir.
Open my eyes that I might see
someone else not quite like us
so that these differences won't be
negatives but a plus.
