Uncle History and the Puritans

Uncle History knows
About wishes
How the Puritans
Made iron
So their souls
Wouldn’t sag
But he doesn’t know
About the neural connections
Of consciousness
Or how to put an electric probe
On the skin of the past
He does recall John Winthrop
Inviting men
From their hiding places
To make spears
Sometimes the worthiest ideas
Are best when
Not enacted
The Pequots who
They didn’t slaughter
Were sold into slavery

Author: stevekuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University View all posts by stevekuusisto