Decolonization reconsidered

Historically inflicted boundaries rendered hegemony
Moments of lingering, indecisions threw them
under the Enlightenment cult
Savage, sensual, feminine, penetrable were they deemed
Stripped off true identity and history
Inca, Aztec, Hottentot and Robinson Crusoe’s Xury*

But still wars raged, mutiny brewed
Yet masters proved imperishable, in exploitation lewd.
A new era of sycophants ushered
Hybridity stifled, Fridays created*.

Would it have been worthwhile, would it have been worth it?
If the tide was turned, by chance, reversed?

Confused, erratic leaders looked
Triumphant, braggart of high kultur
Even they were shocked, as the Übermensch
and the Allies slew each other
With the dagger of imprudence
The hybrids under control were let loose
New nations were born with new hopes,
In a world of chaos and conflicting isms
Where emancipation flirted with schism.

Notes:

a. Xury, Friday-Native men in Strange and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

b. Kultur(Ger) – Culture

c. Übermensch (Ger)- Superman(coined by Nietzsche), Nazis called themselves Übermensch toargue racial superiority.