if it were not for european colonizers, spanish caudillos
sailing to romantic adventures on the high seas,
exploring myths, conquering gold for the mother land,
stealing american riches, torturing indians,
imposing christianity, all in the name of god,
driving natives into the mountains,
possessing, re-naming, murdering, extorting
in the name of the queen
if it were not for the monroe doctrine
big stick intervention, gradual imperialistic
western domination of mexican-indian lands,
colonizing nations, rough riding into
latin america, remembering the maine,
interfering in caribbean affairs,
entering puerto rico without an invitation,
sneaking into its southern borders,
buying governments for dictatorships
in the name of democracy,
at the expense of poor peasants
and broken banana republics …
if it were not for all of these injustices, then:
we would not have to pick up the gun
to humanize the puss-filled carcass
of your infectious terminal cancer…
we would not have to pick up the gun
to win over slimy landlords masturbating
on the hypocrisy of feudal promises,
stealing the wages of workers who
have toiled sixty hours on the blistering
face of the sun to find out on payroll lines
that the stinking food and the homeless shelter
was all their weekly checks would buy,
your laughing faces taking advantage
we would not have to pick up the gun,
to pulverize your bodies into evil dust,
to burn your skulls, to mame your legs,
to cut your throat, to feed it to the vultures,
to capture your after-spirit,
to rape your soul with evil rituals,
to exterminate and extinguish you with bullets,
to dispose of you in the stinking pool
in which we deposit our wastes
on the day of our victory meal,
when we free ourselves
from your corporate domination,
when we use your mouth openly suspended
to receive the toilet of our hatred.
that’s how far your murdering cancer has spread.
there is no turning back,
very little room for negotiations,
there is no compromising.
you are destined not to win
anywhere in the world.
we are the antidote.
we are guided
by universal love
to destroy you.