Wednesday, October 14, 2009

rotting from within

deliberately ignoring all contradictions
never seems to figure out why
everyone is blamed
no one is blamed
the inability to hear the drum beat
there are no mirrors
this ship of state is all smoke
better to demonize
when necessary
make new enemies
build new walls
whatever's fashionable
without expropriating privilege
massacred the original peoples
chained the africans
by god
we earned our positions of privilege


america there are no saving graces
there are no exceptions
the meek shall inherit the earth
     and
we belong to the earth
not the earth to us...chief seattle
not a hoard
not a border


--- e b bortz

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