Blood Moon , By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB/META and @Brianrrs37 on Twitter/X)

The divided land we know today
Dominican Republic and that of Haiti
Hispaniola it’s prior name

You all well know that of Columbus fame
His ship did fall short of resources
So he threatened the Arawaks with “divine” sources

To give up their bounty to get back to Spain
If they resisted it would be in vain
For his God would bring a blood red moon

A curse to all would come soon
Came the eclipse that would loom
He told them all it would bring them doom

Ignorant and scared when it came
They gave him their crops all the same
Preying upon fear was his game

So why do we honor this conman’s name?
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Christopher Columbus traveled to Hispaniola and didn’t have enough resources to get back to Spain, so he basically threatened the locals with God and said if they didn’t give him what he wanted God would make the moon disappear and come back blood red as a curse and a threat. So when it did( a natural cycle not of any sky hero’s doing) the Natives panicked and were scared and gave him their limited resources.