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A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe
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For the xenophobe.

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They fly in the face of our majority

Challenge our superiority

Have nothing to do with them, son -

They are not like us.

These leeches burden us with their dependence

Ham’s cursed descendants

They booby-trap our paths

Ishmaelian outcasts

They’re the enemy, they don’t like us

They’re freak shows, they’re not like us

No interactions allow

Nor their cursed steps follow

Lest you catch their colour…

 

From the albino abominations

And disfigured aberrations

Stay away and keep your distance

Lest you’re infected with their pestilence

And for those sinners frail with AIDS

Spare no compassion, no aid

Lock the crazies away in vaults

Far away from us decent folk…

They’re a fire that devours

Born of satanic powers

Those with bodies not like ours…

 

We are the five percent, the chosen

A race of gods among men

We are your superiors, your betters

For we have Aryan ancestors

All blacks are idiots, and shallow

Asians are stupid as they’re yellow

We must destroy these white demons

And these greedy Jewish devils

The responsibility lies with all of us

For genocides and holocausts

To purify this earthly host…

 

The world is like a painting

From a Master Painter’s brush

Who used a different colour

To portray each one of us…

That’s why every one of us

Stands out amidst the Universe -

Who would want to deface a masterpiece

Or straighten the tower of Pisa?

Who’d want to black out a field of flowers

Or whitewash the Mona Lisa?

 

Revel in our world’s diversity

It’s like an organism, composed of different cells

How can I know that I am me

If there is no-one else??

© 2012 Alvin L. Kathembe


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Very powerful peice.. I really enjoyed the imagery.. :)

Posted 12 Years Ago


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Alvin L. Kathembe

12 Years Ago

Thanks!
really like this piece, man. really like the flow and imagery and emotions drawn by it


Posted 12 Years Ago


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Alvin L. Kathembe

12 Years Ago

Thanks bro...hoping to see more of your stuff too...
I love your deep sense of thought.
I remember I used to be xenophobic at some point..
insightive and raw.I like.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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As a proud religious girl, I find this piece very enlightening. Growing up and facing antisemitism- when in truth, we are all a piece of a large puzzle. Love your message of acceptance! Thanks for sharing:)

Posted 12 Years Ago


Alvin L. Kathembe

12 Years Ago

Yes, we are! Glad you like the piece and even happier that the message got across! peace
Very powerful write...fantastic diction, timely message.
~M.Babu~

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


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Alvin L. Kathembe
Alvin L. Kathembe

Nairobi, Kenya



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