A man once spoke to the earth

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

to the sky and moon and stars

Birds perched in his hand, they said;

he knew the language of fish

found Jesus in rocks and worms

and for this we made him a saint.

Entire peoples once spoke to the earth

to the sky and moon and stars

they danced to their rhythms

and pounded the dirt with the soles of their dreams

the earth was their grandmother, they said,

blood of their blood;

the stars were their cousins

waiting them home

and for this we slaughtered and stole and enslaved

forced them into our desks and their

tongues to our tongues

to teach them about our saints.

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