No Chief is a poem inspired by the writings of anarcho-primtivist John Zerzan.

No Chief

(for John Zerzan)

by Gabriel Rosenstock

Look, said the archaeologist

we looked

Look carefully, she said.

An equal distribution of bones

no Chief here!

We sift the dust of the dead.

If there was a Chief

he had no more

to eat

to wear

than any other member of his tribe

An equal amount of ornaments

and other artifacts all distributed

without favour

or bribe

The dig will soon be over

we’ll all disperse and go our ways

I want to stay here

Among old bones

Gabriel Rosenstock’s latest volume of poems is

           Glengower: Poems for No One in Irish and English

(The Onslaught Press, 2018)

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