this future is a joke
when you only allow me
this joke.
this pride in me is your
pride in you and, worse, you've taken
my pride in me.
what kind of future do you
even see?
i know not one for me
but what do you even see
out there for you?
i will tell you
i will shock you
with what you've done because
this is what you do.
you have raped
you have stolen
you have stripped bare
exploited and left.
is this your counsel,
mighty guidance counselor?
at least before
this abuse was my abuse
but now, you've abused me,
exposing my abuse.
you took me in.
i had worked hard
and you promised something better
and i should have known then
it really wasn't for me.
but i saw that future.
you showed it to me.
and you made me shit on it.
you made me make that money dirty.
and it was no longer
about my hard work
it was no longer any A
or knowledge of ojibwe.
this was poor kid money.
this money was my abuse.
and no longer was i
stronger than most.
and no longer did i
have a future.
this money was never meant
for my higher education.
because that committee only
wanted
someone stronger than most.
someone with a future.
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