what will be on the day of judgment when the scrolls are unburied, and the museums forced shut.
when all the chests lay open, remains and bones returned.
shall we sit slightly apart, brought together by the weight of that which was taken. stolen. forgotten.
shall it be Peter not the saint, who will read out the list of what has been done.
France. Haiti. The people. Drowned. Palestine. Oh Congo!
shall we mourn for both Libya and Sudan?
on this day, this day that has yet to be chosen will that be our saving grace, the truth finally naming why you, and I stand, the way we do.
will it be laughter or tears, as I tell the story of Speke, the explorer who traveled continents to discover lakes and mountains that had never once been missing.
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