Trouble Telling The Enemy

the chink. the spook. the raghead.
the monkey. the dog. the rat.
the insect. the scourge. the virus.
never through these gates.
illiterate. incoherent. opaque.
too many of them, too few of us.
uppity. angry. scornful.

they are not human until we say they are.

you are not human until I say you are.