{"sf1_id":275880,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Xenophobic Tendencies","author":"Jikan Tunderiska","words":108,"posted_at":"2011-08-09T10:37:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry","life","sonnet","travelling"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/275880-xenophobic-tendencies","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/275880","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=275880\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou never really understand the world\n\nUntil you travel and experience\n\nAs much of it as possible. You could\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNot possibly understand the grand growth\n\nOf their cultures, speeches and of their stance\n\nAgainst the rest of us, for the race's health.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere isn't much you could see and do in\n\nYour town in American ignorance.\n\nStuck in yourself, commiting the same sins\n\nAs your forebearers, never given chance.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNever given a chance to change or thrive\n\nAs the true being you could be. I know this.\n\nSo get up and move away from your hive,\n\nAway from the hatred, the shame, the stress.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}