I’m comfortable with you and me –

I’m not so sure about them.

They’re not from here, their clothes are strange,

They’re easy to condemn.

They speak some other language too –

I don’t know why they’re here!

And, what is worse, they’ve brought their kids!

Oh God, I need a beer!

Let’s banish them to somewhere else

And then we will be fine –

Though who is in and who is out’s

Not easy to define.

For not that long ago, you see,

My folks arrived here too.

Somehow, they made this place their home –

Perhaps some more can too?

Stephen Tomkins
30 October 18
Brisbane