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Immigrant

Everyone’s a mutt in this paradise

adding to the Gumbo: America.

Anglo pure blood and breed will not suffice

To thicken spicy stew’s- Hysteria.

Strength, which each American is made of-

From the poor origins like Plymouth Rock

to indentured servants-it’s not enough.

Like bitter tyranny of slavery’s stock,

And exotic railroad builders toil…

Sweaty brows and every acrid tear dropped

pierced this soil, made this land boil

with every dreamers dream heavy hearts stopped.

We overflow into the salty seas

with ancient roots long as sequoia trees.

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Dec 28, 2011
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