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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.
Stay Woke, Stay Human (Sonnet) – Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army
BLACK is Brave, black is Leaderly,
Adventurous, Conscientious and KINGly.
LATINO means Loud, Loving And Tenacious,
latino means Ingenious in Obscurity.
WOMAN is Wonder Obstinate, woman is
Miracle Awake, and Nature-incarnate.
PRIDE means Passionate and Resilient,
Indefatigably Daring in Endearment.
MUSLIM is Merciful, muslim is Unbending,
Sincere and Lively, Insightfully Magnetic.
ASIAN means Amiable, asian means Strong,
Inquisitive, Ambitious and Neighborly.
Hateless, Undivided, Mindful And
Neurodiverse – that’s HUMAN.
Mind carries its own detergent,
stay woke and stay human!
Adventurous, Conscientious and KINGly.
LATINO means Loud, Loving And Tenacious,
latino means Ingenious in Obscurity.
WOMAN is Wonder Obstinate, woman is
Miracle Awake, and Nature-incarnate.
PRIDE means Passionate and Resilient,
Indefatigably Daring in Endearment.
MUSLIM is Merciful, muslim is Unbending,
Sincere and Lively, Insightfully Magnetic.
ASIAN means Amiable, asian means Strong,
Inquisitive, Ambitious and Neighborly.
Hateless, Undivided, Mindful And
Neurodiverse – that’s HUMAN.
Mind carries its own detergent,
stay woke and stay human!
Earth Belongs to The Natives (Sonnet 2401) – Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop
We cannot abolish systemic persecution
without dismantling systemic privilege.
You cannot wipe the slate clean, but you can
take the responsibility and stand to heal.
Colonizers are the second class citizens,
every land first belongs to the indigenous.
Landback is the mother of all movements,
it contains the plight of all First Humans.
Women are indigenous to their own body,
Palestinians are indigenous to palestine;
uncultured crowns and criminal uncles
have no jurisdiction over our Earthright.
Earth belongs to the Natives, settlers are
welcome, but as participant, not head of state.
Somos indígenas, somos indomables –
you can make us houseless, but never homeless.
Connected Texts:
White Man, Apex Predator of Earth (Sonnets 2399-2400) – Abhijit Naskar, When Calls The Kainat
Record of White Crimes Against Humanity (White Fragility Sonnets 1308-1310) - Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets
