Bigotry unbridled

We know who,

It’s not me or you

It’s not the people next door

Who all have good manners

And never make a noise

They are different to the others

You know the ones

Not the indigenous peoples,

Or the refugees seeking a better life

The people without jobs

Who queue outside the social

Waiting for it to open

To borrow money for food

Or wear hats made of silver foil

No not them, they are troubled

Nor the people who believe in the old world

The one with misogyny and racial intolerance

Sanctified by the word

Of a few scribes,

Men of course,

Who delighted in maintaining the old order

Keeping the word to themselves

Until universal suffrage

And compulsory education,

No not them.

Not the apologists of an arcane belief

In obscure conspiracies

The Illuminati or the Masons

Or worship at the feet of idols

Kiss the ring

Join Fraternity clubs

Haze newcomers

Bully the weak

Think a sorority club is a sewing circle

Stop women from attending University

Believe equal opportunity

Is a step-down

No not them.

Not the founders of the gun lobby

Or anyone who believes fossil fuel is a good thing

That global warming does not exist

Not the sexists, Marxists, fascists, Maoists or Taoists

Not propagandists, nationalists or internationalists

Or supporters of state-owned football clubs

Especially those in black and white.

Or believe a constitution is a religious tract

That the signatories were saints

A redneck is an Australian spider

A gun is a peacemaker

An opponent is an enemy

And the only thing that they understand

Is brute force

No not those.

Not any of them really

But all of the others

The strangers I have never met and never will

Who are unlike me

And unlike you

Not us

But them

That’s who.