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gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
Tue Nov 22, 2016, 02:48 AM Nov 2016

I wrote this for my Nigerian Muslim friend [View all]

It is my take on the neimoller quote for the era of trump.

I am a Muslim, a Jew an atheist
I am black,brown,yellow
I am gay, I am trans
My tribe is the 1st people & we have been here forever
My tribe is Igbo from Nigeria & I have just arrived
I am poor from the valley of dirt.
I am poor from the valley of concrete.
I can't make bail
I am sick
I am too young & too old to fight for myself

I am your shield, as surely as they come for you, they will come for me.

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That is excellent, my dear gwheezie... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2016 #1
Yes we talked about it gwheezie Nov 2016 #2
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