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onelonelystory · 2 years

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1961

Why did we not bite her then? This hand feeds no one why do we shake it why do we let her put her bloodstained feet on our bloodied soil. She does not come in peace. Peace will not build her a higher throne. I want to bite the hand that starves. You become her hand. You shake it. Do you feel the weight of her stolen crown on your head? She does not come in peace. She does not come in peace. She does not come in peace.

#this is.#last year on the anniversary of queen elizabeth ii’s first visit to india #the farmer’s protests were ongoing the pandemic death toll was climbing and climbing and the Queen was getting early vaccination from covid #and I was trying and failing to write a poem #and this has stayed in drafts because I just couldn’t figure out how to hold it all in my hands #and it wouldn’t come out right on the page #but now is as good a time as any to let this one speak for itself #rest in peace your majesty #long may you rot

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