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We are on occupied land
Taken unjustly and through great pain
That lingers still
No scar over the still-open wound
At which too many pick and think themselves enlightened
And we have the audacity to celebrate the opening of that terror
State-sponsored violence to achieve a political end
But "we have to remember our history"
After all
And "our history" has to be the right one
Because we are supposed to be the right ones
Living in our city on the hill
They never talk about the hill being
Heaped up bodies of the dead
And we can all be grateful that they are not angrier than they are
As they have every right to be