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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Thoughts on the Metro

new words
are heavy on my unwilling tongue:
predubezhdéniye. 
prejudice.
taková zhízn.
"das jus' how it is."
other words come easier--
a PRAYER on my lips:
lyubóv, dobrotá.
love, kindness.

But to them i am only a color.

am i zimbabwe or cameroon?
it does not matter because
to them
i am only a color.

the moscow air is
   cold...
do they think 
that i don't feel 
it already?

sticks and stones, man,
stick and stones.
but they don't have to say 
anything
for the words in their eyes 
to hurt me.
what have i done
to deserve
THY enmity?

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