The Modern Frankenstein's Monster

Do you fear acid attacks, like I do?
Like the Brooklyn woman burnt on a Sunday night,
Her eyes too slanted, skin too yellow, genes too Asian,
Marred like a modern Frankenstein’s monster.

Xenophobia turned normality,
Anger spat at us kindles the fire inside,
Self-hatred burning our perception of self,
Am I a modern Frankenstein’s monster?

A second plague - viral cases of hate,
Yesterday, a lady fled, seeing me and my friend,
Two Asian girls on the post-school commute,
As if we were a modern Frankenstein’s monster.

The cure is simple:
Empathy, compassion, kindness.
These dearest treasures cost nothing.
I am not a modern Frankenstein’s monster.

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