CONQUERORS AND CONVERTS
by Nevada Kerr
Brazen victors vanquish
And demand a bloody change
The natives need a new perspective
They're disgusting and deranged
Superstitious, misinformed
Too comatose to wake
Obedient to global norms
With nothing left to take
Suicidal, disaffected
Delirious by dawn
Their sanctuaries bombed
The generals sought dominance
Shutting off the rain
Their evangelized enemies
Whimpering in shame
It was quite a misadventure
Worshipping the sun
In a fireball of censure
The colonized succumb
Turning subhuman in the havoc
The soldiers eviscerate their foes
Menacing, depraved, barbaric
Merciless they rose
Misbegotten, long-forgotten
Despite what relics sold
The atrocity souvenirs
Were too ghastly to behold
Written by
© Raven Drake
November 20, 2006.
Created: April 2007 © Paul Kinder
Last Updated: 30/4/07
