The great illusion - a prayer for thanksgiving

 

Chiricahua Apache Prisoners of War at Ft. Marion in St. Augustine, Florida

Thanksgiving,

one of America's

greatest illusions,

the original sin

 

Dress up the genocide

real nice,

turkey, feathers,

pumpkin pie,

peace pipe,

native people

and the killer

christian colonists

seemingly

as friends.

 

But the truth

was otherwise.

 

The new,

soon to be empire,

rivaling Europe,

envisioned itself as

king of the global hill.

 

Washington 

had to sell

its image

as something

great and different,

from all the other

marauders

and plunderers.

 

But eventually

the turkeys come home

to roost

and the world learns

that the noble sounding

American experiment

is just a nightmare

 

Give a prayer 

of thanks today

that the veil

has been lifted

and that all 

can now see the truth,

if willing 

to open their eyes

and hearts.

 

The shining city on the hill,

streets paved in gold,

is nothing more

than a sad

illusion.

 

Just a

figment

in the pirates

imagination.

 

Bruce