The Truth About Thanksgiving
The Truth About Thanksgiving
By Elton Camp
The Thanksgiving story taught in the school
Those ignorant of history is intended to fool
A splinter group of Puritans the Pilgrims were
To call them “fanatics” is truth, not some slur
They came intending to take Indian lands away
Wanted to establish Kingdom of God they say
Their own religious beliefs intended to impose
With woe and death to any resisters of those
Deceptions, treachery, torture, war, & genocide
All of these, to reach their goals, they tried
The Wampanoag Indians helped them survive
But to totally wipe them out, later they did strive
Their reason for inviting Indians to eat was cruel
They were buying time until they could come to rule
It was a treaty they wanted with Indians to work out
So they could take over their lands without any doubt
To shift the balance of power they needed more time
To be able to kill the Indians and complete their crime
And that is exactly what finally came to take place
The way the Indians were treated was such a disgrace
Because its true history is as grim and unsavory as this,
Thanksgiving’s a day some Native Americans will miss
Though not that they’re trying to be vindictive or mean
Rather, due to its start, it reminds them of things unclean
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2011
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