Why do they Abound?

On this land of opportunity

How many million times

Have we our brains battered

Trying in utmost desperation

To comprehend the reason

Our eastern brethren abound

Can we rightfully contend

That Chinese, Indians and Arabs

In different rivers in this diaspora

Cast their nets to catch their fish

And on a better-heated furnace

Grill their catch to a tongues delight

No doubt we stress our souls

Engaged in mind and might

Busting our weary selves

In nine to fives, in double shifts

Living in, living out, reaching out

To where ere the dollar might be.

Our gains away we ship

Our worth and fancy cars

To contend with the potholes

And we delight our egos

In mansions we do not dwell in

In which our corpse do not lie in

And only if our eyes will open wider

Investing in and for our offspring

That have no use for far away mansions

As well as invest in these waters

Lending a hand to each other

Then, we’ll haul fish in huge numbers.