Before I read any of the comments, including those of Yusuf himself, I thought of the islanders whose homes were taken from them by the American military. The longer boats (I misheard it as “long gray boats”) were the American battleships. The Hawaiians, the Samoans, to Virgin Islanders and the Bikinians had been “won” as the spoils of war and the American President had taken the keys to their door.
Before I read any of the comments, including those of Yusuf himself, I thought of the islanders whose homes were taken from them by the American military. The longer boats (I misheard it as “long gray boats”) were the American battleships. The Hawaiians, the Samoans, to Virgin Islanders and the Bikinians had been “won” as the spoils of war and the American President had taken the keys to their door.