Yesterday, 04:46 AM
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Senegal
Resistance to this foreign way of life
would have continued if another way
had not gone past intrusion through the trade
of human lives for manufactured goods
into conquest, a struggle borne through arms
more than through preaching ending not with vengeance
but with a lasting reprieve, the squabblers sensing
much greater harm if they remained divided.
And now, in this part of the world, Islam is seen
as brotherhood's beating heart, while the Holy Rood,
raised for a Man who declared he came not with peace
but with a gleaming sword, is a history
of depopulation through mass enslavement followed
by an abundantly pointless imperial project.
Wherefore, to those that denigrate, a question:
what kaftan passes through tall grass unstained?
Resistance to this foreign way of life
would have continued if another way
had not gone past intrusion through the trade
of human lives for manufactured goods
into conquest, a struggle borne through arms
more than through preaching ending not with vengeance
but with a lasting reprieve, the squabblers sensing
much greater harm if they remained divided.
And now, in this part of the world, Islam is seen
as brotherhood's beating heart, while the Holy Rood,
raised for a Man who declared he came not with peace
but with a gleaming sword, is a history
of depopulation through mass enslavement followed
by an abundantly pointless imperial project.
Wherefore, to those that denigrate, a question:
what kaftan passes through tall grass unstained?