Introduction
I
I ask of you, listener of prayer,
medicine, blessing ceremony
and chant take our poetry with salt.
We have a limited amount of knowledge
and we will roll in its grass.
II
On March 17, 2003,
President George
W. Bush addressed
Nation a 13-minute
televised Nation from the
White House.
Nation alerted yellow ribbon blue
red yellow orange.
The second-highest
it has ever been.
III
President Bush gave
Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein and his sons a
door chase sing into the leaves
and Nation sprouted its blue horned tooth.
In violation of many Resolutions,
the United States, as a collective,
made a coat to advance
liberty and peace in that region.
IV
Under Lacan’s theory on the mirror stage;
once we see ourselves, we begin to question
then create a sense of self.
So allow us to create a Self
with Nation in mind.
V
As the umbilical cord falls off,
our mothers throw a sense of self
away. Should we have carried it
with us in this lifetime?
By Chris Hoshnic