Abhijit Naskar's Blog - Posts Tagged "illegal-immigration"
Latin not Lethal (The Sonnet)
Yes I am latino and proud,
That doesn't make me a thug.
Yes I am brown in color and loud,
That doesn't mean I'm a lethal bug.
Some of us can't speak English,
That doesn't make us second-rate.
We care for family as much as you,
In friendship we walk to the world's end.
Savage imperialists walked on our corpses,
While they snatched our lands and homes.
Yet you call us illegal and dangerous,
Showing no remorse or desire to atone!
None of us can undo the past I know.
Our kids may walk together, let's make sure.
That doesn't make me a thug.
Yes I am brown in color and loud,
That doesn't mean I'm a lethal bug.
Some of us can't speak English,
That doesn't make us second-rate.
We care for family as much as you,
In friendship we walk to the world's end.
Savage imperialists walked on our corpses,
While they snatched our lands and homes.
Yet you call us illegal and dangerous,
Showing no remorse or desire to atone!
None of us can undo the past I know.
Our kids may walk together, let's make sure.
Either Western or Human (Undoing Westwash Sonnet) | Vande Vasudhaivam
When the Brits invade a country,
It’s called the march of civilization.
When refugees arrive in search of life,
It’s dehumanized as illegal immigration.
When America recruits talents from abroad,
It is proudly boasted as headhunting.
When another nation does exactly the same,
It is hailed as espionage and IP stealing.
When America spies on everybody else,
It is sugarcoated as national security.
If someone so much as loses a weather balloon,
It is used to gaslight a nation into a frenzy.
To see the world as it is, first
we gotta take off our western glasses.
Look at the human world with human eyes,
only then you’ll fathom justice and progress.
It’s called the march of civilization.
When refugees arrive in search of life,
It’s dehumanized as illegal immigration.
When America recruits talents from abroad,
It is proudly boasted as headhunting.
When another nation does exactly the same,
It is hailed as espionage and IP stealing.
When America spies on everybody else,
It is sugarcoated as national security.
If someone so much as loses a weather balloon,
It is used to gaslight a nation into a frenzy.
To see the world as it is, first
we gotta take off our western glasses.
Look at the human world with human eyes,
only then you’ll fathom justice and progress.
