Not really poetry, but wanted to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Balkan conflict

 

Ethnic Cleansing

 

Nationality?

Ethnicity?

Religion?

Race?

Working Class?

Middle Class?

Toff?

I am a musician

I am a farmer

I am a builder

I am a lawyer

I am a painter

I am

I

Without a label.

This was prompted by reading of the 80 yr old refugee who, as he crossed the border, was asked by a journalist if he was a Serb, a Croat, or a Bosnian.  His quiet dignified reply was:
"I am a musician"