Welcome To L.A., Now Go Home
You are required to remain silent
Because everything
You say and do
Will be used against you
And don't you forget it
Your grammar may be perfect
But don't you dare
To appear non-European
Your accent is repulsive
You better get speech therapy
Go burn your hair
So it shows gold
You better sell your soul
Get those blue contacts
To hide your loneliness
Tie that corporate noose
Tight around your neck
Hand it to your commander
Like a puppet's string
Obey like a good dog
And you'll get your promotion
How much load of credit
Can you carry?
How many pretty luxuries
Can you show?
Better get an image consultant
Pay the famous plastic surgeon
To chop your nose
And the dentist
To contort your teeth
And the pharmacist
To bleach your skin
So you can hide
Like a ghost
And not be a thorn
In the democratic eye
Fazeel Azeez Chauhan
4-18-99