Gino Antonio
from IT'S NOT QUIET ANYMORE
New Work from the Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts Press, PO Box 20007, Santa Fe, NM 87504;
1992
THE RED MAN'S HAVEN The Red Mans Haven as portrayed in words was meaningful was taken and taken... taken until YOU took and stripped away MY Pride Joy Representation Respect Integrity Institutionalized with YOUR portrayed words full of meaningless Words only (Empty Ones) Only words to power YOUR
promiscuous POSITION
pregnant POCKETS
pimping POLICIES
Will YOU continue to Ban use YOUR
2 Dimensional Black Tape on
OUR savourous tenacious tongue
to cover up the
Red Tape and YOUR White Lies
to play with
OUR Resources gaining
interest on YOUR
So Called prestigious scholarship
in YOUR game called Monopoly
to feed and fill
Established Stomachs with
Freshly killed Lobster
Prime Cut Steaks n
confectionary Fish Eggs
as to prolong YOUR PayDay
While
Cringing Craving Stomachs
are filled to a minimum with
Commods and
Embezzled fruits from friends
to cater to the
Institutionalized American Immaculate Agers
Born Agains n Wannabees recruited
to Reteach Ranting Raging Traditional
TONGUES
bastardizing the Medicine Culture
with visiting
Synthetic Shaman
Packing plastic Cards
to Pay I mean to pray I mean to pave
THEIR way into OUR Sacred Domain
to see the NEEDLESS deaths
of Spirits born to soar from Season to Season Year to Year OUR Friends that heard YOUR same Portrayed Words which came from Tunnel Vision MOUTHS
When will YOU wake up? When will You listen?
When will...
I will share MY thought Today
Keep YOUR Tongue outta MY mouth
TODAY'S RED MAN'S HAVEN
'THE INSTITUTE OF America's Indians ART'