obviously pure metaphor
too bad it needs to have a regionalization
for vivacity
deep south is a bi nation ?
in fact the black nation of norte amigo
has been dissolved away
not even a vestigal black belt nation in dixie
clearly not the pipe dream of a soul brother eh ?
but then
i love the implications of el norte
chicania
Arriba ! Arriba ! Epa! Epa! Epa !
who can quibble with greater appalachia ?
or the brutally split "new france "
midlands strikes me as a sickeningly mixed loaf however
part butter nut part wheat cakes
part apple jack part union jack
and some of the smaller bits become deeply metaphoric of course
tidey bowl and new dutch cleaner ?
first nation up there in the tundra does capture in a cruel way
the roll up and final " freeze out"
of the entire crazy quilt of nations
that blanketed pre columbian north amerika
( note the horror of this rendition..among much else where are the Iroquois ?)
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compare and contrast
the 9 nations gimmick
the basic error is to substitute regions for nations ..obviously
the co patric "context " of struggling nations is a far deeper story
the concious attempt to nationalize a disperessed peoples
the move from a sense of community or sub culuture that involves
in essence is a demand for self determination needless to say
and the hoary conflict between territorial demarkations and well defined regions with
unitary sovereignties
versus multi national rights within one "land"
yikes
where does poetry and patriotism mix with greater volitlity
