I love what you did with this poem, and i couldnt agree more with your message. I am half puerto rican and most people really cant tell. I got a job, and then they found out my nationality and they fired me. They wont admit it, but everyone knows thats why. Equality is very important, and even though not everyone views people with equality in mind, i guess it kinda makes up for all of the people that do.

i love your word choice, and i am totally looking forward to reading more of your work! Keep up the good work!

Wow, this is so powerful! I actually like the meaning both forwards and backwards. Forwards, it feels like a rant at all of the craziness and hate in the world...backwards, it's a beautifully optimistic - but not naive - view of the world.

I noticed you live in Canada, but have you heard about the new immigration law in Arizona? It sort of fits in with the issue of racial profiling, and it's a pretty big issue in the U.S. right now.

This is unrelated, but I also have to say the forwards/backwards idea is so cool. I love playing around with the structure of words. I actually tried writing a poem that works forwards and backwards with individual words, rather than lines. It was really hard, but in a way what you did is harder because you have to keep the same line breaks. I wonder if it could be done with letters, like an actual palindrome-poem?

this is completely amazing!!!!

i LOVE the forwards/backwards aspect, this is the first palindroem (palindrome and poem- a word of my own invention) i've ever seen! I love how you incorperate this inventive aspect but manage to have a coherent, meaningful poem(s) at the same time!!!! this is truly a magnificent peice of work!!!!