RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: REPARATIONS
The Aggrieved (Haiti)
The people of Haiti are much aggrieved
The price of reparations grows
The French extorted a King’s ransom
The greater costs we’ll never know
The American government took a turn
Exploiting the fledgling nation
Powerful countries will never learn
The intrinsic sin of occupation
Time has come to settle debts
For all the wrongs that we have done
The natural resources we have stolen
At the barrel of a gun
Why not begin with Haiti?
Let us treat them as our friends
By investing in their future
By an act of kindness make amends
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