REFUGEE LITANY
Refugee,
alien, floater, green-horn, invader, migrant, new comer, outsider, squatter,
stranger, weed, outlander, not-from-here, drifter, gypsy, wetback, itinerant,
transient, outlaw, dodger, bum, hobo, tramp, displaced person, DP, squatter,
illegal, stateless, homeless, runaway, boat-person, outcast, fugitive,
derelict, cast-away, émigré, deportee, non-person, defector, persona non grata,
undesirable, wanderer, fugitive, stray, transient, exile, vagabond, vagrant,
drifter, indigent, orphan, urchin, wastrel, stranger
Holy!
All men are holy
All women holy
Holy the Wanderer
Holy the Traveler
Holy the Stranger
Holy the Immigrant
Holy the Refugee
!
SHELTER IN PLACE
In
the shelter
shelter
of a thought
In
the shelter
of a
gaze
Who
watches?
In
the shelter
shelter
of your arms
In
the shelter
of
your heart
Who
watches?
In
the shelter
rooms
& shadows
In
the shelter
doorways
alleys
Who
watches
watches
over you?
In
the shelter
words
& phrases
In
the shelter
silence
breath
In
the shelter
life
& death
Who
watches
who
watches
who
watches
over
you?
