How many years<\/p>\n
has it been since<\/p>\n
we heard,<\/p>\n
\u201cKill the Indian, save the soul\u201d?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been repeating<\/p>\n
like a scratched cd.<\/p>\n
Like that CD it skips<\/p>\n
to the next song<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only good Indian is a dead Indain.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
These songs ring through time<\/p>\n
as they crush the dreams of many.<\/p>\n
These songs snatch the hearts<\/p>\n
from parents chests.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
With arms that reach<\/p>\n
to the tears of the legacies<\/p>\n
that are carried away<\/p>\n
By men dressed in Navy Blue<\/p>\n
and silver buttons down the chest.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
No song is heard as an iron thing spews<\/p>\n
Columns of smoke and<\/p>\n
Takes the heart of the future away with them.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Their culture now shunned by rulers<\/p>\n
and whips, with strict rules<\/p>\n
that cut their pride and erase their love<\/p>\n
of Nature.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
To relapse to what must be remembered<\/p>\n
is to be reunited with Mother Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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