From a Foreign Son

from First Annual Meeting of Optimists Vol. 2 by June IND

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Whose people stayed, whose people came and went?
And whose people’s relatives were immigrants?
Who’s just telling it like it isn’t?

Whose people want to build a wall, build a fence
When they can’t tell who they’re keeping out, who they’re keeping in Who’s original, who’s ignorant?

And who wants to blame it on Chicago, the Muslims, Mexico, anybody without a home, or anyone who doesn’t look like you moving to where you think you’re from?
How many generations are you removed from a foreign son?

Who’s committed theft and who’s been calling dibs?
And who believes possession was about nine tenths?
Who has heritage that’s privileged?
Who’s a criminal, who’s innocent?

How new are you to town?
How long have you been allowed to say that you were here first when you’re just here now?
How deep are your roots down?
How long have you been around?

Were you here first?
Are you just here now?
Were you here first?
Are you just here now?

And who wants to blame it on Chicago, the Muslims, Mexico, anybody without a home, or anyone who doesn’t look like you moving to where you think you’re from?
How many generations are you removed from a foreign son?

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from First Annual Meeting of Optimists Vol. 2, released March 24, 2020

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June IND Lafayette, Indiana

Like you, Chris & Emily are trapped on a rock hurtling through perpetuity. In their free time, they craft angry, wholesome sing-alongs that urge you to root for the underdog & give a damn about your neighbor.

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