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Burn baby burn
the flames leap into the sky
day or night
feel the heat
see the light
We keep burning the bridges
and villages
and hardening hearts
burn baby burn
entered the country of the Six Nations (Iroquois)
the Seneca called him Hanadaguyus
means "Town Destroyer"
the name destroyer still lives
sailing the empire's sea lanes
burn baby burn
Wounded Knee,
Philippines, Korea,
Vietnam,
Dominican Republic, Panama
Nicaragua, El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Granada, Haiti
Iraq,
Afghanistan, Iraq again
Yugoslavia, Libya, Syria, Pakistan,
Ukraine
burn baby burn
The flame of 'exceptionalism'
and arrogance
never goes out
it just moves on to another village
burn baby burn
We are burning our bridges
isolated from the true spirit
of humanity
once linked to our earth mother
our connection is broken
and charred
Don't tell me this!
Don't force my eyes onto these flames!
There is a cost to knowing
and a bigger cost to acting
Leave me in my 'innocent' state
Yes my soul hurts
but I can manage by staying
in the shadows
while the fires rage
burn baby burn
By Bruce K. Gagnon
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