5.27.2013

a nation is only an agreement

i though it would be good if i read this poem to you out loud. so here is a video of me reading it out loud.the full poem is also written below the video so you can read along.


 A Nation Is Only An Agreement
 
the land we claim is not ours
not the indian’s
not frozen caveman land
it does not belong to monkeys
or lucky amoebas 

once the ancient ideas
of Constitution
walked unmolested
huge in naked frames of sapphire and jade
they knew even in the safety of their centuries
that someone would eventually break

the oath

they could not stop the grinding of their bodies
after the war they hung as symbols
pretty gems on long gold chains
ornamenting
common human
chests

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