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by Dee Allen
Murderers are "patriots"
"Conquering heroes"
Indigenous tribes-----
Almost zero
Crimson drenches
The once-tribal ground
To death go the natives
Civilisation's abound
While the other martyrs flee
Or endure enslavement's pain
Living under the cracking whip
Bound down in chains
Or burned at the stake, a "witch"
In the name of a vile creed
Hatred--from the start
Planted this Empire's seed
Retreaded, shredded past
Built on broken trust
On bullets & blades, on theft & rape
& pocket-filling lust
Time after time--[many years]
After lynchings & battlefires
[In the classroom] Children sit in attention &
[Mentally] Choke on the teachings of liars
Forced to read & heed the fraud
& pledge the crossburner's flag
True culture, true identity lost
Downward drag
"Great Land Of The Free"
So the schoolbook lie insists
Someday truth shall be uncovered
Or the children shall resist.
12.10.94
For Trent Kellodge
Inspired by the songs "I Remember" & "Church & State" by Millions of Dead Cops and "Darkness" by Rage Against the Machine.
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