THE MOSLEMS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

SITTING IN U.S. CELLS - WERE

ROUNDED UP UNDER NEW LAWS PASSED-

AND JAILED - WITHOUT CHARGES...

AND, WHERE ARE THEY NOW,

IN THIS "LAND OF THE FREE"? -

WHY THEY'RE SITTING IN JAIL -

INVISIBLE - 'COLORLESS', YOU SEE...


AND LATINOS WHO TRIED TO PASS

UNDETECTED THROUGH THE "BARBED WIRE"

GATE TO PROMISE, HOPE, AND LIBERTY -

WHERE ARE THEY? SOME ARE 'HERE';

SOME SENT BACK - AND SEVERAL SCORE

EACH YEAR, NEITHER 'HERE' NOR 'THERE' -

THEY ARE DEAD -

AND NOW ARE 'COLORLESS' YOU SEE...


AND A 'GAY YOUNG MAN'

EAGER TO BEFRIEND--

FINDS 'PALS' TO BREAK HIS MONOTONY -

GOES RIDING ON A COUNTRY ROAD -

IS BEATEN UP AND LEFT FOR DEAD...

ALL SPLAYED OUT ON BARBED WIRE -

WHY, YES, HE IS DEAD - AND NOW HE'S 'FREE'

BECAUSE HE IS 'COLORLESS' YOU SEE...


AND MANY A MAN - AND WOMAN - TOO

SITS IN SOLITARY ON A 'TRUMPED UP' CHARGE

OR ON 'DEATH ROW' WAITING FOR THE FINAL 'CHARGE' -

TO PUT IT MILDLY, "FEELING BLUE" -

NO CONJUGAL VISITS, NO LETTERS FROM HOME...

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN 'THE LAND OF THE FREE'?-

HE/SHE IS ONE OF THE NAMELESS - HE IS 'COLORLESS', YOU SEE...