Uncle History Gives a Speech
We were wrong about everything
But not about the thieves
For they were better than us
They lurked at our doorways
They snuck into our songs—
He knows when you’ve been sleeping…
We knew them from day one
Way back in Mesopotamia
They stole the very first shoes
Which were made of plant fibers
And so from the beginning
They knew how
To eat the evidence
Yes we were wrong about everything
But look as you walk the streets
At all the people
With shoes in their guts
Planet of the Blind 