September 21-C, 2022

It is easy for me to see
that slavery should never have happened,
and that "manifest destiny"
was a slogan carved out of capitalism
as an excuse for taking the entire country
from the indigenous people
who were clearly the "destined"
"owners" of the land,
its waters and minerals and oil, etc.

It is wrong what has happened.
And now there should be restitution.
And it is wrong that there is none,
and will not be any.

And I am ashamed of this country
and its prevailing attitude.
Of this planet
and its prevailing attitude.
And of the people
and their institutions
who popularize the attitude
and serve it with their life,
as though to say,
"If I want it,
it is my right to have it!"

I am a witness against them
through all eternity.

I am coming for them all. 

Do you stand with me,
or with them?

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