What It Means to Be American

by Nico Lewis Young

We (the people

who talk

like me)

are at war

with Them

(the people

who look

like me).

 Nico Lewis Young is an Asian and Middle Eastern writer from Michigan, USA. She received her BA in English from Western Michigan University. Her work has appeared in Creepy Gnome and White Wall Review. She can be found wrestling her favorite pen away from her cat.