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| About the author
About the books |
Sorry Sorry We’re sorry. Sorry for everything. Sorry our invading fathers pretended
you didn’t exist. That was an ignorant colonial lie. Sorry our ancestors killed you like
animals. Sorry for the poisoned flour, the hangings, the massacres. The
countless years of violence. The disease. Sorry for stealing your homes, your
hope, your women. We’re so sorry for stealing your
children. We’re sorry we didn’t listen.
We’re sorry we closed our hearts to your vast wisdom and knowledge of
the land. We’re sorry we burned your culture. We squirm and try to hide from our
past but our past will not be hidden. You didn’t die, you grew stronger.
Sport, art, culture, politics. Every step of the way you remind us of our
past. Your pride reminds us of our shame. We give you land (your land) and money
and hope the pain will go away but it doesn’t. Not without sorry. Sorry.
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