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Turtle Island Poem Number Five

21 Turtle Island Poem Number Five Fa‘afafine me Fa‘afafine you Fa‘afafine kiss and kiss back Fa‘afafine shade Fa‘afafine shine Fa‘afafine never ever never whine Fa‘afafine mat Fa‘afafine oh something like that so when I was leaving Texas I was talking to this other guy and I said how do you like living in Texas and he said it’s alright and I said but what about all the red(neck)s and he said well they still practice the 3 Ks and I thought to myself, the three Ks what’s that? Kindness, uh, what else Oh, I said, you mean the Ku Klux Klan? I thought the FBI got rid of them or something Don’t you believe it, he said they’re still here Do you think the Bush family are KKK, I asked? Probably, he said Fa‘afafine fly Fa‘afafine bye ...