Less Than 1%

Luther,
who grew up on
the reservation

with my father,
said tonight while we were all watching
the news:

everything here’s occupied
and has been for years —
why are they so willing
to say the word now?  

And why should a change
in occupiers matter to those of us
in the less
than one percent? Everything’s

stolen — how the thieves
divide it
doesn’t matter much
to the robbed.

Not sure as to what to say to that —
half of me nodding my head,
half of me wanting to hide.