Take my land, take
\nthe brook where I caught my first fish,
\nthe field my grandfather
\ncleared of rocks and stones with
\na tired mule,
\nthe dirt where my mother
\nis buried.
\nI surrender. Take
\nit all.
\nI don’t want it, you
\nneed it, want it,
\nkill for it.
\nI’ll abandon my post,
\nrun away, hide.
\nI’ll live on the road
\nin someone else’s country.
\nI’ll buy false papers
\nor manage with none at all.
\nI’ll join the homeless masses,
\nthe dispossessed, and
\nI’ll be free, while you
\nare chained to your AK-47.
\nYou’ll have a country,
\nI’ll have none.
\nMy hands will be clean
\nwhile yours have women’s
\nblood on them.
\nYou’ll be a prisoner
\nof all you have killed.<\/p>\n
But I’ll bear the shame
\nof being a coward.
\nYou’ll be the patriot,
\nthe conquering hero.
\nMy critics will say
\nI’m a fool, that no
\nchild was saved by my submission.
\nPerhaps they are right.
\nI know nothing, only that
\nno cubic foot of land is worth
\none slaughtered child.
\n____________________<\/p>\n
Tom Greening:<\/b> \u201cI engage in five professional activities:<\/em> Take my land, take
\nFaculty Member at Saybrook University<\/em>
\nPrivate Practice of Psychotherapy<\/em>
\nClinical Professor of Psychology, UCLA<\/em>
\nInternational Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology<\/em>
\nWriting (Poetry).\u201d<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/www.tomgreening.com\/c_writer.php#<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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