Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone
H. Bradford
12/6/22
People on the internet are fighting over the Rosetta Stone.
Everyone on the thread said it belongs in Britain.
Finders keepers
Egyptians would lose it
Muslims can’t be trusted
The French found it first
Those Egyptians aren’t REAL Egyptians.
We owe so much to Western academics.
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When I wish upon a shooting star,
Sometimes I wish it was a giant rock,
A Rosetta stone that spells cataclysm
To Islamophobes, Imperialists, and ignorance
But asteroids aren’t as precise as drones and missiles.
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If there were such a stone,
It would certainly be written in English
And in blood
So the language is easy to understand for colonists and apologists.
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It’s dark to think about.
Maybe this isn’t everyone,
Quiet, kind people don’t post online.
And when has justice ever come from the heavens?
If history is long enough,
Will wrongs be made right?
Because the oppressed are many
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And eventually they fight