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Still Life

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annoyances at the best and violent pillagers at the worst and why sameness was sacred.

Cultural Militias - Not armed with weapons, but with sarcasm and folk dances, they repelled foreign influence with passive-aggressive hospitality.

The Peace of Sameness Undone.

Cortez The Killer

Neil Young and Crazy Horse

He came dancing across the water

With his galleons and guns

Looking for the new world

And that palace in the sun

On the shore lay Montezuma

With his coca leaves and pearls

In his halls he often wandered

With the secrets of the world

And his subjects

Gathered 'round him

Like the leaves around a tree

In their clothes of many colors

For the angry gods to see

And the women all were beautiful

And the men stood

Straight and strong

They offered life in sacrifice

So that others could go on

Hate was just a legend

And war was never known

People worked together

And they lifted many stones

And they carried them