Lines on paper
For access, control and profit
Drawn without care
Understanding
Or local consent
Annex. As a verb
For being swallowed by geopolitics
To divide, consume and impose
To be apart from
Lived versus legal geography
Almost eighty years of Radcliffe (1947)
Over a century since
The Berlin Conference (1884)
Durand (1893)
Sykes-Picot (1916)
We inherit the damage
From decisions we didn't make
Of lines drawn on paper
For access, control and profit
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6 Comments
Brilliant expression and format!
Thank you! 😊
3 objects that would survive when tech disappears
lol.
Great poem!
Thank you! 😊