Finding dignity in ancestral heritage linked
to religious devotion is an anchor in life
holding pride of place in the mind's eye
of a subconscious will to belong. Ethnic
social culture and faith in one's ancestors'
belief in the divine spirit that casts a silken
web of comfort is lovingly taught from
generation to generation, parents eager to
confer upon their offspring a devoted link
to the past to guide the future. Enter tribal
and clan dissociative enmities of long
standing in a primitive corner of the mind
to find children steeped deeply in corrosive
legacies of anger, resentment and victimhood
that must be challenged in a paranoid drive
to exact punishment on disparate tribal
cousins and unallied strangers alike, all
painted with the broad brush of tainted
antagonist whose claims and presence are
marked as counter to the fortunes of the clan.
These are the enemies who must be confronted
challenged and avenged to attain coveted
status of defender of the righteous faith.
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