Does cultural appropriation demand intent?
What if what I did was only in a dream?
I watched an eagle landing on a chicken
over and over and over again.
It was some kind of Native American thing.
Does cultural appropriation demand intent?
I decided I should weave feathers into a crown.
It looked like a massacre, but there was no harm
done by the eagle to the chicken.
We started singing, loud, “C’mon
Let me see you shake your tailfeather.”
Does cultural appropriation demand intent?
We were being assholes, absolutely stomping
around, not caring. We didn’t belong there.
Could you watch an eagle groom a chicken
and not wake up laughing like I did?
Is it my fault I summoned John Lee Hooker?
Does cultural appropriation demand intent?
I am sorry. For the singing and the laughing. And the eagle. And the chicken.
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I feel like my subconscious is a mess.
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