Birth Of Our Nation


Ships sailed great distances over the water
Exporting bibles, morality and inexcusable slaughter
Destroying Indian culture with no hesitation
Once proud free people imprisoned on Reservations

The rational for killings and destructive ravages
Euro-civilization would benefit illiterate savages
They'd learn to be God-fearing from all-mighty preachers
And be taught Euro-values by 'civilized' teachers

They'd accept second place fate or die if refusing
Forced to bow down to the white-man abusing
The trial lawyers at Nuremberg with convictions galore
Were needed back then to settle that dastardly score

War criminals should be accountable, regardless of century
At least live their lives out confined in a closed penitentiary
Guilt must be recognized for deserved condemnation
It's shameful criminality played a role in the birth of our nation

by Stan Cooper...11/1/09 graphic by Don Hunt




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NicholasG
An extremely uncomfortable truth Stan. As recent history has shown so well, transplanted white Europeans have turned lying to and misleading the masses into a high art form.
Exceptional poem.
Nick

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2009-11-04


Toonist The PoetBay support member heart!
Damn Yankees!
2009-11-04


liz munro The PoetBay support member heart!
Very well written.

Congrats on Ed's Choice

~L.~
2009-11-04


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2009-11-04


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
Interesting & thought provoking poem , Stan. No courty , nation , has clean history in it's building. The U K , has it's Culloden , an infermouse battle. With a bloody aftermath , and of course the highland clearances.In which 1,000's , were falsde to emigrate all over the British empire. Enthick cleansing , I do not thik many of todays natshan's , can show it is beter than any one natan in it's history. You may find this hard to exsept , Stan. The human cost of the Indean wars is thus: six millon naitive Americans were killed , just 356 , U S troopers died. The clensd Scottish highland's were given over to sheep. The reservedness ghettoes? Consertrashan camps? It is saide fore evrey mille of the atlantike , children , woman men died. The British put a new word's in to the worlds language in south Africa.l Consertashan camps , camps was set up to hold mothers and children , bores that is. So '' let you ( nation's) with out sine be the first cast the first stone''
Ken D Williams
2009-11-04