Rock! Paper! Scissors!
Tools for anarchist + Christian thought and action
Vol 2. No. 1
Art Against Empire
Art Against Empire
Guest editor: Ewuare X. Osayande
8/27/2019 0 Comments Who Shall Inherit the EarthBy: Devorah Major who shall inherit the earth in amharic i once heard the correct translation was not the meek broken crushed humiliated low who would inherit the earth but the gentle and we are inheriting these streets even as we sleep on them and are swept up only to return sharp the edges of so many of our lives fierce with hunger and pain so much disillusionment and so very few triumphs even as the rulers squeeze tighter cutting short our breath hobbling our steps harnessed together we will inherit the earth such as it is sad with violence and pestilence the air clotted and gray islands covered with an ever rising sea turning turning still it is becoming ours even as they wage their gruesome wars killing and selling buying and exporting death advertising the price for each kill factored into the decision to research develop manufacture and buy the newest weapon to kill more quickly more anonymously even in the face of this hegemony of arms every side buys from every side every side sells to every side even the pawns choose their weapons aim and fire and die still we gentle are joining together more and more tightly inheriting the earth from these others who want only to have to hold to own to control as if they were hurricane and sun arrogant in their perceived power not understanding that all of it will explode or else disintegrate and they will be left with misshapen impotent stories of the times that use to be while we will remain remembering our many losses along the way still wounded and reeling we gentle will inherit the earth and pull out our seed stock and begin to plant anew Amharic translation: "Blessed are the gentle for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.” Previously published in my book A Braccia Aperte /with arms open (Multimedia Edizione, Baronissi, Italy 2019).
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