Them

They must have been here
80 to 100,000
years, they’re related
to Aboriginals, I wonder how they felt when....

“They don’t smile, they
stare, not like the Viet, the
smiling
Viet, the
winners.

“I guess they
used to live in the jungle,
then the
smiling ones stole
their land, words,
gazes
(before the Chinese, French, Americans,
stole it from them)

(that is, the other thems)

"They make great silk.

“They supported the French, the
Americans, even the Catholic Church -
anyone but the Viet.”

When they look at the Viet, do they
still see the enemy? When they look
at me, do they see
anyone
at all?