​Assimilate, Pero Como?

Francisco "Pancho" Bustos

You mean assimilate
as in sharing 45-esque
passion in highlighting how "uneducated"
lack de "skills" son esos "others"?
You mean assimilate,
as in assuming
que apenas "some"
de los millones y millones
de Americanos sin papeles
are not "criminal" thugs?
You mean Assimilate,
as in looking the other way while
toxic rhetorics push demeaning stereotypes,
putting elections y el poder
sobre dignidad y empathy de tantos Dreamers?
You mean assimilate,
as in forget your past, forget your language, and forget your culture,
assimilate as in rally during prime times vs los "intruders"
and demand a great gran muro wall across the land and up to the sky?
ignore,
deny,
ignore
los dehumanizing messages
vs vulnerable dreamers?
Oh, pero pues
there are lots of Americanos con papeles
assimilating quite well, que no?
Into the 45 ish school of "thought"?
How much assimilation
in you,
In us,
In them,
In
You?