For Fear Of
Communism
How many lives have been needlessly squashed in the dirt for fear of
The Other
Different foods, clothes, customs
Where I lay my head is home but where you lay your head is
Different
Palates on the color wheel covering the same tongue
Kidneys
One or two
One heart
Blood red or blue
Self
How many chances have I held in my fingertips, running their unmade reels across the insides of my eyelids
As their paper-thin birth certificates slide soundlessly through to the dustbin of history below
Some of these caves hold ten thousands more
Glasses take years to decompose;
Bodies faster;
Ethics faster still
How many times will I let myself die
For fear
Of the other
Glasses take years to decompose;
Bodies faster;
Ethics faster still
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