Frontier to frontier
the great explorers
took whatever
they could shoot, slash,
shackle or steal
with ships, fire sticks,
disease and deception,
imported slaves
to work their fields,
to build mansions
and monuments,
gorged themselves
on the bounty
of mountains and grasslands,
ravaged and trampled them
as fast as they could,
and squandered
their plunder
one kindergarten class
at a time