borrowing a beast of the colonizer

I want to ride a fast horse

to Gulf Shores collecting rents that are mine

from tower  

dwellers living on my real estate

 

I want to ride a fast horse

to the BIA granting federal recognition to 

Indigenous Nations not acknowledged 

by the United State government

 

I want to ride a fast horse

to the Library of Congress burning 

worthless whiteman words in treaties that 

were never honored

 

I want to ride a fast horse

to your Wall Street casino removing your 

addiction to gambling on my loss

 

I want to ride a fast horse

to the U.S. Supreme Court replacing 

your justices with Winona LaDuke, Wilma 

Mankiller, Russell Means, Debra Haaland

 

I want to ride a fast horse

into your history of archeology before you 

plowed up my grandmothers 

and built a parking lot

 

I want to ride a fast horse

to Immigration deporting everyone  

without a Green Card issued by First Nations

 

I want to ride a fast horse

to the FBI convicting them for crimes against 

the American Indian Movement

 

I want to ride a fast horse 

to the United Nations adding seats for all Indigenous 

Nations with full voting power

 

I want to ride a fast horse

to the Department of Education

removing European murderers: 

Hernando de Soto, 

Andrew Jackson, Christopher Columbus 

 

I want to ride a fast horse

into the American Revolution holding war 

crime trials for crimes against Indians

 

I want to ride a fast horse 

to the United States Congress

passing laws that guarantee Tribal sovereignty 

that can never be revoked 

 

I want to ride a fast horse 

into your consciousness and rip out Manifest 

Destiny, Christianization, 

Colonization, Experimentation 

 

I want to ride a fast horse 

into your history of slavery 

forcing you to make restitution for every

human being you bought and sold

 

I want to ride a fast horse 

to the Department of Agriculture removing 

pesticides and steroids to 

restore Mother Earth to beauty and health

 

I want to ride a fast horse 

into the American-Indian Wars and write a peace 

treaty that—for the first time—really works

 

I want to ride a fast horse

into your soul replacing your belief

in white supremacy with Indigenous community

 

I want to give my horse rest 

in this land I’ve created 

so we can live the way we were meant to live  

in balance, peace and harmony