How long before the payback runs out?
How many generations do people have to pay,
for crimes ancestors committed?
Even OJ got parole for good behavior
and did not admit guilt for the crimes
We all know we believe he did.
This is a never-ending guilt trip
we can never get out of alive
payments on the installment plan
like a mortgage that never gets paid off
even for those of us who now kowtow
and lay our souls to bear,
accepting a guilty plea for a crime
we never imagined committing,
our statues lynched because these
symbolize our refusal to give in,
our seeking to keep our keep pride
in a nonexistent culture that you hate
you want totally erased from existence
the way Nazis tried on the Jews
annihilation not justice
a Stalinist purge in which no one other
than those who become
the mental slaves of former slaves
can possibly survive
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
showing more mercy than you do
and with fewer scalps,
you tearing down statues and culture,
you can’t compete in
and so, need to change the rules
so, we can’t either.
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