” Sympathy For The Tonto “

How much guilt can be alleviated with 4 million dollars?

Can it erase the stench of racism and damage done
?
Blockbuster films, toys, and Buster Keaton
 buffoonery?

Do we need to be saved by a wealthy white again?
On a white horse, in a white hat, telling white lies
Goofy will he save our culture for ourselves?
Can he ease the memory of murder?
Will he too sell it back to us later for use?
Mickey, does this “look good on paper”?
Minnie, are they “doing good by the Indian”?

Is it okay now since fame 
blinds the publics eyes wide open?
Are Indians considered so poor, gullible and desperate?
That our respect can be bought and paid for
In cold hard cash by millionaires, media moguls
And narcissistic movie stars?

DM1 /Nomadic/