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An Elegy for Broken Windows

from The Unsustainable Sessions by Klee Benally

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I can’t imagine how exhausting it is
keeping up all your appearances
painting over the scenery
so no one will really see

those who claw their ways to the top
always concerned with a boat being rocked
with all the rules…
all while it’s sinking

the view’s so beautiful through these broken windows

As they prey on every move
to coopt and then misuse
such a clear pattern
that maintains the abuse

as you go round and round
thinking its something new to be found
so dutiful, attendant to disharmony

the view’s so beautiful through these broken windows

every piece we tear apart
and every part all used up
and then spit out…
and taken out of context

but we’ve seized all their tools
and recontexualized Audre’s quote
sharpened steel and bone, against all hope

the view’s so beautiful through these broken windows
the view’s so beautiful

oh how exhilarating it all is
keeping up with your appearances
and fucking up your scenery
so that everyone will truly see

if one broken window
could do this system in
I’d smash them all and watch it crumble from within
a hundred thousand rocks thrown against despair
shattering it all beyond repair
beyond repair

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from The Unsustainable Sessions, released November 26, 2019

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Klee Benally Flagstaff, Arizona

Indigenous acoustic agitation for liberation.

Klee Benally is a Diné (Navajo) musician, traditional dancer, filmmaker, & Indigenous anarchist. He currently lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. Klee is originally from Black Mesa and has worked most of his life at the front lines in struggles to protect Indigenous sacred lands.
In 1989 he co-founded the Indigenous political punk-rock group Blackfire.
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