#firstnations - Hello Poetry

We were here first. I seriously doubt that, but, for the sake of argument, let's say you were, here first. So*? *I was here second. This isn't a race*.

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Sep 26, 2024

Sep 26, 2024 at 11:37 PM UTC

francie-lynch

Our Home and Native Land

We were here first. I seriously doubt that, but, for the sake of argument, let's say you were, here first. So*? *I was here second. This isn't a race*.

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Premeditated Amnesia 1 For nothing here is old, save for deep layers Of moss and muck and mouldering remains Civilisations lit by visions and fire Now lost beneath a Wal-Mart Parking lot Incuriously the tentacles of Now Slither more deeply into the pale past And churn up yet another housing estate At the corner of Kingsford Lane and Heather Way Near the Motorcycle Church, for piston prayers: For nothing here is old, save for deep layers 1”The U.S. is probably the contemporary world’s purest example of a society which is perpetually trying to abolish history, to avoid thinking in historical terms, to associate dynamism with premeditated amnesia.” -Alexander Woodside quoted by Susan Sontag: https://bostonreview.net/susan-sontag-interview-geoffrey-movius?utm_source=Boston+Review+Email+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b581739691-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_17_04_17_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2cb428c5ad-b581739691-41080789

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Nov 18, 2018

Nov 18, 2018 at 4:19 PM UTC

lawrence-hall

Premeditated Amnesia

Premeditated Amnesia 1 For nothing here is old, save for deep layers Of moss and muck and mouldering remains Civilisations lit by visions and fire Now lost beneath a Wal-Mart Parking lot Incuriously the tentacles of Now Slither more deeply into the pale past And churn up yet another housing estate At the corner of Kingsford Lane and Heather Way Near the Motorcycle Church, for piston prayers: For nothing here is old, save for deep layers 1”The U.S. is probably the contemporary world’s purest example of a society which is perpetually trying to abolish history, to avoid thinking in historical terms, to associate dynamism with premeditated amnesia.” -Alexander Woodside quoted by Susan Sontag: https://bostonreview.net/susan-sontag-interview-geoffrey-movius?utm_source=Boston+Review+Email+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b581739691-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_17_04_17_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2cb428c5ad-b581739691-41080789

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I was here first. *I seriously doubt that, but, for the sake of argument, let's say you were, here first. So? I was here second. This isn't a race*.

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Aug 7, 2015

Aug 7, 2015 at 5:13 PM UTC

francie-lynch

Our Home and Native Land

I was here first. *I seriously doubt that, but, for the sake of argument, let's say you were, here first. So? I was here second. This isn't a race*.

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The impoverished wasteland That keeps you from changing the world Will never be your home Not if I'm here You don't know how much people will try To drive you away To keep you ''where you belong'' A waiting place The place I so desperately fear Not for me; I'm not one of ''them'' But you are; according to the authorities I can hide: we don't have race wars here But how can you avoid it if the government perpetuates it? I nearly shed a lone tear The Canadian Ghetto It's where you're destined to stay If they, we, I let you fall If the people convince you you're inferior But you have nothing to fear. I'll won't stop making you Braver Smarter Stronger Aware And when all is said and done And they've taken your ability to give a **** You still won't surrender And I'll shed a joyous tear.

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Oct 22, 2014

Oct 22, 2014 at 10:38 PM UTC

darcy-sahn

The Canadian Ghetto

The impoverished wasteland That keeps you from changing the world Will never be your home Not if I'm here You don't know how much people will try To drive you away To keep you ''where you belong'' A waiting place The place I so desperately fear Not for me; I'm not one of ''them'' But you are; according to the authorities I can hide: we don't have race wars here But how can you avoid it if the government perpetuates it? I nearly shed a lone tear The Canadian Ghetto It's where you're destined to stay If they, we, I let you fall If the people convince you you're inferior But you have nothing to fear. I'll won't stop making you Braver Smarter Stronger Aware And when all is said and done And they've taken your ability to give a **** You still won't surrender And I'll shed a joyous tear.

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