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on greeting the out-lander

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November 14, 2013
on greeting the out-lander by *alapip "puts folks in the shoes of 'Out-landers' through its comparison of how we deal (or don't deal) well with other cultures ourselves. It shook up my complacency in a very good way" (suggester's words).
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it requires a benign acquiescence
to regard the perception of others,
so much different from one's own:

ours is not to wear their shoes,
but to welcome the foreign feet
that settle here - far from home,

where we at best would interlope,
feel at odds, might barely cope,
yet should gain at least a modicum
of empathy, grace and decorum...

as that humble, hopeful immigrant
has done.


llp - dA - sep2013
DD - nov14/2013
the more openly we greet them,
the more easily they will blend.

TOTAL DD SURPRISE!
thank you Lisa, beeinthebottle , for suggesting.
thank you to neurotype for featuring.

as poetry, i'm amazed for it to be considered 'DD quality'.
but, i am proud for it to be recognized for what it says about our relationship with the immigrant.

lets pass that legislation!

:) pip


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The-Egg's avatar
well put, the world could do with a bit more empathy I think :)