Immigration Nation
By T Storm Heter
[Delivered at Stroudsburg rally, “Vigil for Immigrants”, Courthouse square, Sat, Feb 11, 2017]
Someone shouts “go back to where you came from”
I came from here
Someone compliments me “your English is so good”
Thank you, I smile, “your English is good too”
I am immigrant,
Aren’t you?
Chile, Nigeria, Kazakhstan
France, Turkey, Russia
India, Bangladesh, Canada
I’m an immigrant
Aren’t you?
Jew, Buddhist, Sikh
Jain, Akan, Hindu
Muslim, Baptist, Mystic
I’m an immigrant,
Aren’t you?
Namibia, Laos, Colombia
El Salvador, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia
Yemen, Romania, Poland
Portugal, Ireland, Italy,
Iran, Jordan, Venezuela,
Kenya, Bolivia, Georgia
I’m an immigrant
Aren’t you?
Do no mistreat the stranger,
We were strangers in Egypt
Do not mistreat the stranger,
Your mother was once a stranger
Do not mistreated the stranger
Your grandmother was one a stranger
Do not mistreat the stranger
You were once a stranger
I’m an immigrant
Aren’t you?
Someone shouts “go back to where you came from”
I came from here
Someone compliments me “your English is so good”
Thank you, I smile, “your English is good too”
I am immigrant,
Aren’t you?
