The Metaphor Sandwich

Some seem to think that
cake their mothers used
to bake could be kept, &,
eaten as a take away, no
matter how far or for how
long they decided to stay
expatriated, and just like
those proverbial canines
who don’t want the bone,
they are not willing to let
mangy strays eat it either!

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The parable of migrants
and envious immigrants.