Criminalized is a short poem written by Lynn White and shared with The Ugly Writers under the theme Begin Again
Criminalised for a flag.
Criminalised for displaying its colours,
for wearing its colours,
for painting its colours
in the country where it arose from,
in the country where it belongs.
Criminalised for a fruit,
for eating a fruit,
for growing a fruit
in a place where it should grow naturally.
Criminalised by the occupation.
Criminalised.
But the seeds grew
and still they grow
and spread
the seeds.
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