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So, you “discovered” America! What if?

journey of discovery (of a sort)

jim greenwald

It is time for the Nations to join together in a journey of discovery.
Let us sail east in our best canoes.
We will search for new lands and new discoveries.
Bring good gifts to trade with the natives.
For we wish to be fair in our dealings.
Imagine all the new that we will see.
Imagine all the help we will be.
Many days we sailed into the night.
No land in sight. No birds in flight.
Some were afraid but we continued our journey.
At last there was land and we came ashore.
They spoke a strange tongue.
This much we knew.
They called themselves the French.
We told them we wanted the Riviera.
Had them sign with their mark.
Fair we were, giving them gifts.
We left them cases of Ripple and some Preparation H.
Then off we went in search of more.
Soon to discover, land shaped like a boot.
We traded with these Italians they called themselves.
We left them cases of Ragu and coupons for Pizza Hut in return for Rome, a good trade.
We were told of tribes in the north.
We sailed with haste to their shores.
We traded with these English they called themselves.
We left cases of Johnson’s Baby Powder and Spray Starch in return for London.
A good trip indeed, so much land we acquired.
We will come back again.
We will teach them our language.
We will teach them to bathe.

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