American Biography

Plymouth Rock was one big step for immigrants

But Native Americans saw the writing on the wall

Their cultures were being crushed despite being vigilant

And there wasn’t any way to avoid their fate for once and all

Then so-called progress spread from sea-to-sea

and the newcomers began to pollute the country

Modernization

Industrialization

Indoctrination

Civilization

Over population

Automation

Militarization

Violations

Fortifications

The result?

A divided nation

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Author: Dave Stancliff

Retired newspaper editor/publisher, Vietnam veteran, freelance writer, blogger. Married 51 years. A sense of humor. Defender of truth. Give my poems, essays and short stories a read. I look forward to feedback. Write on!

2 thoughts on “American Biography”

  1. This reminds me of an old 1970’s PSA about litter/trash in America. A native Indian watched a motorist discard trash out the car window, polluting the industrialized roadway, where his people lived. As the car sped by, there was a tear in his eye, symbolizing the dark side of newcomers modernization of land he cared for.

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    1. Thanks for the great feedback! You have got a point – I remember those PSAs when I came back from Vietnam in 1970. I was pretty much anti-government and sided with Native Americans and their struggles for equality and their battle against the white mans trash and pollution.

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