Fringe

You say without the core

the fringes would not survive.

Perhaps you misunderstand,

the fringe does not want to be the core,

they merely want to be treated with respect,

Courteousness and kindness.

All things the core takes for granted.

Mainly because they have the fringe to scapegoat.

No one wants to be the scapegoat

and doing something to change it

is what the core is really afraid of.

They don’t want to give up their comfort zone

and so try to push the fringes away – again.