Her childhood:
Her family hiding from the Russian soldiers burning their home.
Her father carrying her on the streets after Ellis Island.
NO JEWS ALLOWED.
His grandfather:
Three young brothers newly arrived and starving off a boat from Ireland.
He asked a man if he could work on the docks.
NO IRISH WANTED.
Their life:
Their parents’ flight because their marriage was a crime.
They themselves fearing to return.
NO NEGROES HERE.
Recently me:
A bus driver told me I should be deported.
My kind isn’t wanted here.
GOD HATES QUEERS.
The vessels crack and crack and shatter.
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