Loggerhead logic   –     by Steve Reid

Alas we meet at this table of negotiation.

Bless the last 400 years.

Now we say forget your sorrow, frustration and humiliation

for aid has passed to ease your tears.

Your forefathers faced with annihilation

were wise in their actions to banish our fears.

Humble yourselves like those gone before in the days of yore.

We rule and set the standards.

Our indoctrination, our wise counsel remains your core.

What else have you? You are mastered.

What can you bring to the fore

when your behavior is liken a bastard.

Your ignorant are at peace, your educated are bliss.

Why ask reparative justice?

Your masses are busy, hustling and see no need for this.

Let bygones be bygones, give this a miss.

Friends forever, show no fists

remain second class, third class… in your own mess.