Manifesto of the Dark-Red-Eyed Small-Eared King

We are a warlike people — but fair.
The Scripture speaks to Red-Eyes only.
We told the Green Eyes: Leave our land.
Foolishly, they did not.
We had no choice but extermination.

Some Red Eyes are dark, some light.
The Scripture warns: "Behind Light-Red Eyes
burn the lamps of the Devil."
We told the Light-Red Eyes: Leave our land.
Foolishly, they did not.
We had no choice but extermination.

Some with Dark-Red Eyes have large fleshy ears.
Scholars say these mutants hear
the backwards speech of Satan.
We told the Large-Eared Ones: Leave our land.
Foolishly, they did not.
We had no choice but extermination.

Across the River lives another race,
who befoul the waters with their filthy bodies,
so that we may neither drink nor bathe.
The Scripture says, "As the River washes
the flesh, so the River must itself be cleansed."
We demanded of the Other Race: Stop washing.
Foolishly, they did not.
We had no choice but extermination.

© Fred Longworth