(Love letter from a fellow Greek/American)
now in full swing ascents
Nationalist wing flies
files descent-centered Hellenism.
"Greeks supporting Greeks"––oloi mazi
the battle cry––όλο έθνικ νάζι
Support––it reeks––
clueless leaders
ethnic cheerleaders
sexist professionals
far-right populists
ruthless climbers in the
social ladder
exploitative millionaires
ωραίους μα μη δικαίους
Τhe only criterion?
The label Greek exterior!
Support
makers of cultural texts
––knowledge entirely optional
critical thinking in less *done* ten words
proof in texting––
celebrate Hellenism
via the ethnic prism.
In diaspora’s ports
mobilizing support
networks
anything that works
security guards
κόλακες bards
flashing adds
to secure awards, grants
in mediocritads lands.
[Enter the “Greek Festival:
Greek American Studies, Popular Practices”
––a friend muses / me cites,
a truth infinitely amuses.]
Preach unity, reach for utility
shovel differences under the rag
Join the dance with a bang
identical steps
uniform rhythms
folk community's trance
kalamationsms modem
passing as community modern.
Where the national diaspora
––“sameness in dispersal”––
drowns the reality of plurality
yet another form of violence
touted as ethnic pride in
the big fat ethnic family’s
bridal shower
the tuxedo of my lens routed …
