JE ME SOUVIENS --- I REMEMBER

JE ME SOUVIENS (I REMEMBER) by Céline Leduc 12/2013

I REMEMBER is the motto of Quebec

I remember the English colonized me.

I forget I colonized First Nations.

I remember multiculturalism is bad.

I forget it allowed me to keep my culture.

I remember the Church is my downfall

I forget it was Louis XIV and Napoleon politics

I remember my language matters

I forget I imposed language on First Nations.

I remember my culture

I want others to forget their culture

Quebec’s new motto should be

I FORGET -- J’OUBLIE

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