Thankless
Thankless
BY Gabriela León Bolaños
From an immigrant, to you
The overpriced matcha you buy for your IG posts, The boba that comes from people centuries harassed. 1881-1942-2020-NOW.
From an immigrant, to you:
The organic, no-pesticide produce
Picked regardless of: freezing rain,
Scorching, dry ecological-disaster-waiting-to-happen sun; Blazing, lungs-full-of-ashes fire.
From an immigrant, to you
The building, caring, maintaining,
Seasoning, protecting, guarding, teaching,
Cleaning.
Of this
“Your” country.
From an immigrant, to you
The making of America again
In the quiet, in the shadows
In the big places and small.
From an immigrant, to you
Making great without the noise.