Ode to Diversity
Perhaps one day you’ll see
Your world’s demise
With the replacement
Of the things you treasured
With multicultural
Social justice paradise--
Complete with droids
For artificial pleasure.
Where there is no it,
Or he, or she--
Where is no one
And nothing to offend--
Where there is just
Complete equality
Of aptitude, of thought
And intellect.
Where genius and
Commonplace reside
Among great artworks
Made of piss and shit,
Where you can marry
Anything you like--
And make up nouns
To refer to it.
Where youth is programmed
Not to read or write
Cis-gendered viewpoints
Of the white elite--
Where you’re snubbed
For being straight and white
Or labeled racist
Just for being it.
Yes, I have dreamt
Your eco-friendly bliss--
In which all races
Live in harmony--
But if you ask me,
I’d rather be
Somewhere alone--
Far from all of this.
August 14, 2017
--Alexander Shaumyan
The Door: Selected Poems
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