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Amputation & Education

by Ian Whiteley

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Amputation & Education

 

Some wounds won’t scab over

As some wounds never heal

They are infected by colonial blades

That hot irons won’t seal

Puss filled abominations

tainted by avarice and greed

you cannot absolve the guilty knife

whilst open wounds still bleed

 

You say ‘history was not written in pencil,

You cannot rub it out’

It’s not what it was written ...

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Tuesday 14th July 2020 12:08 pm

anti-slavery   BLM   tear down the statues   analogy   response   anti-colonialism   challenge history

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