My calendar’s old-fashioned
So
for Monday, what’s in store
Is
Columbus Day, a holiday
Observed
each year before.
At
one time it was October 12th
But
somehow it got changed
To
create a 3-day weekend,
Which
the government arranged.
To
many, though, Columbus
Wasn’t
all that nice a guy
And
his reputation’s one that some
Don’t
want to glorify.
So
instead of Chris Columbus,
What
new calendars will say
On
October’s 2nd Monday is
Indigenous
People’s Day.
Celebrating
Native peoples
Here
before C.C. set sail,
It’s
a day, despite its syllables,
That
somehow will prevail.
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