Villanelle: Who's Not Racist, Do Stand Not Up, Please

Villanelle : Who’s not racist, do stand not up, please for Piers Morgan & Anderson Cooper Who’s not racist, do stand not up, please Isn’t S/He who put us here the biggest S/he who asked to be put here, stand up, please We’re all African, so don’t ever tease Mutations make some think they’re the best Who’s not racist, do stand not up, please Even the Neanderthal can freeze Yet leave behind just a trace in jest S/he who asked to be put here, stand up, please Did the Heidelbergers race the pygmies Up Peking Man’s cave to win the contest Who’s not racist, do stand not up, please Can the genes of Evolution release The real truth of the DNA test S/he who asked to be put here, stand up, please Will not Human Nature be our complice Arraigned before a jury perplexed Who’s not racist, do stand not up, please S/he who asked to be put here, stand up, please © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013