If Marilyn Monroe
Leo
Romero
If Marilyn Monroe
Had been an Indian
would she have still
been considered
sexy
And would she
have become
a movie star
perhaps playing
the part
of a squaw
being raped
and massacred
over and over
in movie after movie
with many close ups
of bare breasts
and thighs
Would her hair
still have been
as golden
And would every man
in America
have wanted
to make love
to her
with their wives
weren't looking
Would she still
have made teenage
boys
grow old with longing
even if she spoke
in a tongue
no white man
could understand
and had ancestral
memories
of being driven
into a tiny corner
of America
Would America
have forgiven itself
for what it did
to this Indian
Marilyn Monroe