I Am An Uzbek

"I Am an Uzbek, is that a crime?

This is not a Kyrygyz house, this is mine."

I am an Afghan, I am a Muslim

I live in Pakistan, I live in Iraq

I am a Christian, I am from Palestine

I am Jewish, I come from Poland

I am a Christian, I come from Guatemala

I am a Christian, I come from Mexico

I am a poor American, I have no home

I am a shrimper, I lost my job

I am a human being, I live on Earth

I am living, I am breathing

Is that a crime?

--Anne G. Woodhead