All love
realisation
let us start at the beginning
let us correct what we all know
let us admit the myth
let us concede:
good people seldom change the world
it is the narrow
it is the shallow
it is the cold hearted
who rape
who steal
who push countries across boundaries
products into arms
brandy into mouths
with a bible
let us start at the beginning…
maybe it will help
con
having shot the man
hands high in the river
the escape failed
they pulled at his teeth
they tried to cut off his ear
they were digging for the souvenir
they were digging for the totem
but of course the best was not from the body
today the family run a farm and lodge
and
on the bed a pamphlet
– family ancestry
but on the bed nothing
nothing at all
of hintsa
or his ghost
memory
the story is…
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