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Bring Back Neanderthal Man

~ An Eight-Line Treatise on 'Settler Colonialism' ~ The Apache beat up on the Cheyenne and the Iroquois on the Sioux Mohawks ‘mohawked’ the Mohicans Aztecs turned the Cree into stew … Now Europeans are called ‘settler colonialists’ but who does America really belong to Probably Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man ~ dispossessed by Indians too

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Hilda Greenhough

Date: 8/26/2024 9:33:00 AM

The Iriquois, I'm fairly certain, had little or no contact with the 'Sioux'. Today, the Iroquois assist the Sioux in many government matters. But as a fantasy poem, this is a poem with good rhyme.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/26/2024 7:52:00 PM

Poetic license strikes again, Hilda. I keep my poetic license plate right next to my handicapped card in the glove compartment of my tricycle. lol.

Joe Maverick

Date: 8/25/2024 10:45:00 PM

Back again in my un-religious guise G W its all Been done before (many atrocitys) not by me Personally I add..Although I suppose i have made the odd comment (here and there) my I Beleive i'm getting religious again ? I shall be Selfless however and blame it on you.!!

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/25/2024 5:32:00 PM

Yes, there were others before us…

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2024 8:03:00 PM

And probably before Neanderthal man as well...

Robert Gorelick

Date: 8/25/2024 12:49:00 PM

Right UR! History's the story of the powerful walking over the less powerful. Who did Fred Flintstone ever mess with? Enjoyed, Robert

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2024 8:04:00 PM

The bigger fish swallows the smaller fish, and so on. So true...

Joe Maverick

Date: 8/25/2024 12:18:00 PM

Well by un-popular request tahh-dahh.' Its me As requested.' And may i add such noble words Should never be bested.' G W my estimation of You has burned out two sets of batteries in my Old calculator btw..That mention was just to Garner sympathy..' I've learned so much from those aid charity ad's...'

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2024 8:01:00 PM

I think your train of thought just leap-frogged over my pea-sized brain, Joe. ~ Choo-choo, gw

Joe Maverick
Date: 8/25/2024 12:21:00 PM

For a neanderthal thats not bad you know, and i've even Managed to do it with a stone in my Stone shoe..'

John Lawless

Date: 8/25/2024 5:50:00 AM

An historical "NIMBY" treatise...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2024 8:00:00 PM

Now that I know what 'NIMBY' means, I feel that I am sufficiently edumacated to reply to you...

Mike Gentile

Date: 8/25/2024 5:10:00 AM

The nature of humanity, it seems!! Thoughtful write GW!!! Happy Sunday to you!!!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2024 7:57:00 PM

Yup. As a wise man once said, 'Pray for the welfare of the government, for without it, every man would swallow his fellow alive.' ~ gw

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/24/2024 11:16:00 PM

Or aliens.

Karen Jones

Date: 8/24/2024 10:26:00 PM

Lol

Gershon Wolf
Date: 8/25/2024 7:54:00 PM

Laugh out loud. Laugh out soft. As long as you're laughing! Cheers, Gershon