by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
i am writing to tell you that yes, indeed, we have noticed you have a new big pink eraser we are well aware you are trying to use it. erasing indians is a good idea of course the bleeding-heart liberals and communists can stop feeling bad for the stealing and raping and murdering and we can all move on we can be reconciled except, i am graffiti. except, mistakes were made. she painted three white Xs on the wall of the grocery store. one. two. three. then they were erased. except, i am graffiti. except, mistakes were made. the Xs were made out of milk because they took our food. one. two. three. then we were erased. except, i am graffiti. except, mistakes were made. we are the singing remnants left over after the bomb went off in slow motion over a century instead of a fractionated second it’s too much to process, so we make things instead we are the singing remnants left over after the costumes have been made collected up put in a plastic bag, full of intentions for another time another project. except, i am graffiti. and mistakes were made. Leanne Simpson’s “i am graffiti” first appeared in the July/August 2015 issue of The Walrus Dive in:
HELPFUL LINKS Check out Leanne Simpson’s personal website here. http://leannesimpson.ca/ Watch Leanne Simpson give a lecture on Restoring Nationhood at Simon Fraser University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH1QZQIUJIo Watch the music video for her poem-song “Leaks,” which is a response to the first time her young daughter experienced racism: http://leannesimpson.ca/leaks-music-video/ See this video introducing Leanne Simpson as the first winner of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86vxM6kIsR0 A profile page on Leanne Simpson at cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/08/leanne-simpson.html Naomi Klein speaks to Leanne Simpson: http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/dancing-the-world-into-being-a-conversation-with-idle-no-more-leanne-simpson Dive In written by: Damian Rogers
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