I'm not racist, but...

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'I'm not racist, but....'
Four words, five syllables
Camouflage a charade.
There is no 'but' in 'I'm not racist'
The 'but' commits you to a stance
One side or the other of a line
That segregates the 'us' from 'them'.
The policy that states
'Immigrants go home' has a strange appeal.
Apply it strictly and let's watch
Australia and the USA revert
To the original inhabitants
As all the immigrants return
From whence they came.
(I know! The grammar!)
There'll be space for them back home
As all the Vikings and non-Celts move out.
And where will you be then
Miss Racial Purity?
Miss When-in-England-do-as-English-do?
Not here, I reckon.
'I'm not racist, but...'
The world will be a better place
When you move on.