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Dec 2019
The French president said
that colonialism was a grave
mistake.

This does not mean that
reverse colonisation is going
to stop, Emmanuel.

It should, in theory be allowed
to continue for the same length
of time as your occupation.

The price of empire will mean
the repatriation of all your past
plundering.

This goes for all countries that
partook in the destruction of
defenceless nations.

Home of the stranger and grave
of the native is where the metaphor
is buried.

But the time for exhumation has
come, because the DNA of history
can no longer be disputed.

Une petite bombe dans l'égout
de Paris pourrait apporter cette
ville à l'arrêt complet.
Ryan O'Leary
Written by
Ryan O'Leary  Mallow.
(Mallow.)   
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