The last line

Line them up for measure

Measure by colour, by skin, by race

Race to the bottom, race to end

End the race or be civilised

Civilised or colonised

Colonised bodies, colonised minds

Minds that resist the line

Line them up for correction

Correction of thought, correction of action

Action speaks louder than...

Than thoughts that become words

Words are stripped of meaning

Meaning is lost

Lost meaning, lost culture

Culture is on the line

Line them up for measure

Measure by...