we’re fisherman lining at the bottom of the boot
between the heel and toe in Cosenza and mostly
served pasta on Thursdays and Sundays.

I’m not certain, but I think with the exception of the
Apache most native Americans in North America n
Central n South America, once they had worked out
some of their differences, managed to create some
pretty impressive civilizations n then the white man
showed up with his gunpowder in his greed and it’s
been downhill ever since, like catholics n politics...