blocks of dark banded gneiss
girdling in a jagged spiral
rising above the statue
absorbing sunlight
could be one of the plans he was waiting for others to lead
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conquer we must
from the state of war
pride and destiny.
one million dollars for freed slaves
genocide for tenskwatawa and tecumseh
baltimore slave clipper
swimming and flying
weaving ocean and wind into a jet stream,
wood and canvass
carved into an arrow hurtling with its bow,
constantly propelled.
swift upon another swifter away in battle.
carrying cargo with express and beauty.
finally refitted for slave transport.
just a rotting rusting weapon
oration upon the moral and political evil of getting it wrong twice
we knew.
to deprive a person to rob their soul
to dwindle into insignificance to eternal infamy
apostates to principal
pursuing destruction propagating vice
rearing youth in habits of cruelty
base collective despotism in unison
citizens as tyrants ignorant of impunity
to be hurled amidst the elements of woe
why do we not step forward eternal will be the disgrace.
perhaps we are merely catalysts for the transfer of heat
from the core to the void.
genocide, enslavement
anthrocide
pillar hall
in uruk or harrisons marsh
butchers meat and other commodities
grains
fish
horses and humans
sundry goods
on wednesdays and saturdays.
public assemblies and dances and travelling shows.
jugglery
to the lords of trade
people had plantations on the water
for the convenience of trade
until it pleased god to increase them
so they would build more close and live in towns.
sixty acres of john flemings farm
with respect to trade
might soon become a flourishing place
georgia plantation
gods of tobacco demanded more leaf
so vassals complied
using torture and mass murder
leaving no room in all quarters.
entrepreneurs scraped and cooked fields of clay and ore
into city streets and citadels.
using the means familiar to them and blood for glue
