I am the old woman
peering through the bar
of that age ghetto

too fearful and confused to cry

I am the swollen child
behind that belly and eyes
in that color ghetto

too hungry to die

I am that conscript
      who does not want to kill
  the gay individual
      who just wants to live
  the beaten and trodden
      who are not sure they do
  the common plodding working sod
      too overused to feel

You.

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(c) Phyllis Jean Green
Appeared in Atom Mind {V.4 #14, Summer, l994}

Peace, Freedom & Equality for All~!!