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“Recognise yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.” Carlos Fuentes
We Stole The Place
Like Moses to the promised land
the pitiful migrants come,
aliens with new found purpose
we dash their hopes
and steal the fun,
we’ve pissed on all the posts
so, the soils ours
we don’t want your herbs
or scarves, or prayers,
go back
you don’t belong,
but then, nor do we,
we stole the place
only just a while ago,
©Paul Vincent Cannon
The title, to borrow a line, could well be “Good, good, good, God migration!
Paul, pvcann.com
It’s okay for some..makes me sad…excellent write.
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Thank you Heather, yes, makes sad too.
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Thieves we are.
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Indeed Ruth.
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It saddens me that we don’t pay attention to history. We are like animals pissing on our territory, not really using the gifts and smarts of our humanity to consider the benefit to be derived by all.
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Yes, a global humanity, based on empathy and compassion.
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Love the irony in this poem. I think that America and Australia are running neck and neck on hauling in the Welcome mat .
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You are so right, we have become anti-human down here.
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Same here.
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😦
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Our insecurities always come into play at perceived umbrage.
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Absolutely so Punam, thank you.
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You are welcome, Paul.
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yes we are hypocritical thieves unwilling to share … says more about us!
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It does, and not much good.
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400 some years ago, we began to steal, throw in genocide and slavery, and now we’re dealing with another racist regime. Hard to fathom
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Fear and greed is part of the chemistry as I see it here, so disturbing, so sad, thank you for sharing.
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It is hard to fathom.
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Yes, now how to repair it
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That’s some great writing, Paul.. Just so much into it that it makes you think about the world and the state it is at the moment..
Warm Regards
Dee Kay
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Thank you so much Dee, yes a sad time we are in.
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Wow very sad and heartfelt Paul!
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Thank you so much Diane
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You’re welcome!
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I live in hope that we will all see better days.
I’m reading Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe. His research of the first hand accounts of ‘pioneers’ is quite unsettling to read. Elitism and entitlement was alive and kicking even then.
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Yes, it’s like we’ve made it our DNA
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Here in the U.S., I think this is more true than anywhere else on earth. Almost everyone here comes from immigrant ancestry, and yet … the arrogance that they don’t want the influx of “other”, that they think their lily-white skin and faux Christianity make them somehow “superior”. It is beyond sad … it is heartbreaking and makes me ashamed to be a citizen of this nation. 😥
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I get that, I have a similar reaction to our lot, awful state of affairs.
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Loved this, Paul!! Yeah, everyone wants to close the entry door behind them once they get in!!! This is even more true in the U.S. We didn’t just steal the land and ruin their culture we engaged in war crimes that are never looked at in that way!! It’s always ok to “Do unto others, before they do unto you???
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Same here, just so sad, thank you for sharing.
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👍😊✨
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Thank you VJ
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Thank you very much for this post, Paul.
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Sad state of affairs, thank you for sharing Amy.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you Charles
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So true, Paul! But will we get these thoughts into the heads of some of our politicans too? You will not believe how strong are my discussions about the German migration policy. Here, we had no real migration since the WWII. In the past only workers migrated to Germany, and now they are wondering about real migration, one of the biggest economies in Europe dont want to get. Michael
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Ah yes, we always want to shut the door, sad really in a global village.
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Only global for the rich and their economies.
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Sadly so 😦
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:-(:-(
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Very well said – so true and so sad that our country has descended to such depravity
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Yes, sickening.
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Your poem reminds me of Woody Guthrie’s “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee).”
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Well that’s high praise indeed, thank you for the insight Liz
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You’re welcome, Paul!
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Thieves don’t want what they have stolen to be stolen.
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Good point, yes, they are possessive of their gains.
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