Quixotic concept 
of examining foreign cultures 
as opportunities for brotherhood 
and mutual cultivation 
instinctual xenophobia 
initiates conflict 
subjugation exploition 
and subsequently 
flawed assimilation 
our inbred star-bellied mentality 
cannot differentiate 
between dissimilar 
and inferior 
a self-imposed quarantine 
from diversity only serves 
to restrict our capacity 
to evolve nationalism 
is a malignant cancer 
which must be carved out 
by the blade of individualism.