Call it Pahá Sápa and not Mt. Rushmore, one's rooted in treason the other in lore. Lakota face challenges, they are kept poor, by agent, bartender, casino, and whore. The Black Hills lie battered and bruised and attacked, by well-heads and toxins and roughnecks who frack. Another example – to some it is new – is the reddish monolith called Uluru; its boundaries ruptured, its children turned out, by criminal, rapist, backstabber, and lout; its treasure-troves plundered, its forests torn down, where once were found healing herbs now grows a town. These places are magic, we must keep them so, their import and mystery constantly grow, their outlines and boundaries more maps must show, their wonder and majesty mankind should know. So next time a liar spins yarns without shame, repeat and remember these true ancient names. Huzzah.
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