Sunday, August 7, 2016

Uncivilized

Uncivilized

They sat there laughing
They were so naive
They knew nothing about
Social structures
Religion, nor stereotypes

They repeated
The same words over
And over again,
"Mädchen, mädchen..."

They had either just
Learned that word
Or one was teaching it
To the other

Two little girls
Sitting in a stroller
Strangers before
This gray morning

One black and one white
Uncivilized
Not yet dehumanized

But more human
Than the other adults
In the train
Ignoring one another


- K.S. Fort

From, "The Civilized N -"

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