What if the world turned upside down,
“South” on the “top”, “North” on the “bottom”?
If conquered and conqueror were to change places
languages, cultures, religions and races,
“perps” and “vics” would, of course, switch,
exploiters would be the exploited,
making a significant difference in which
groups are indicted and which invited.
Our nature does not have better angels
when we are dealing with “strangers”.
Instinct, experience and history predict
everything different endangers.
The arc of that history is not, in fact, long.
It does not bend, it meanders
slowly (or quickly) going nowhere,
dumping rampant disasters on hapless bystanders.
It is what it is,
say a prayer or a curse
because under Trump
it's getting worse.
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