Tourists, or Other People
How would I feel
if 18 small brown tourists
from Vietnam
came to see
how big white people
lived entered
my rent stabilized
apartment watched me
eat a bagel schmeered
with cream cheese I would
offer them some
if they examined
my shoes particularly my
red suede sandals
pink laces if they
saw my Big TV
home to Bob's Burgers
opened my refrigerator
to examine Paul Newman's
salad dressing asked me
what I think about war
and duty and governments
and love. I wonder
what I'd want to say.