🌵 Creeker Broadcast
Proclamation of the Rapped Grounds
Neighbors,
Hear this plainly. Our grounds have been rapped—rapped by trespass, rapped by disrespect, rapped by the false belief that annexation or their authority as a local resident may claim what is not theirs. Every strike against this land was a rapping upon more than soil; it was a rapping upon our INDEPENDENCE.
The Bales of Hay, the Rocks, the Headstones, the chairs, the broken pieces of my initech mug, the story of the fallen Saguaros—these objects are not trash. They are Testimony. And so were the dried Cholla. Each piece placed with care became a shield, a reminder, and a stand. When others rapped against them, they thought they were breaking down weakness. Instead, they revealed their own ignorance.
They rapped our grounds. They rapped our history. They rapped the trust of neighbors. And in doing so, they left a scar that will never fade. That scar is a marker: we do not forget.
But scars can also teach. They demand accountability. To be whole, those who rapped must learn:
- To educate themselves in truth and respect.
- To confess their intentions and own the harm done.
- To forgive themselves honestly, and only then to face us with a true apology.
I know forgiveness. I live forgiveness. I speak it with my Brother Jason today. But forgiveness does not erase the scar. Forgiveness does not deny the rapping. Forgiveness says: “This happened, I remember, and I choose not to let the rapping rule me anymore.”
Neighbors, understand this: rapping the grounds of Rancho del Oro is rapping against our UNINCORPORATED rights, our faith, our homes, and our families. We will not be annexed by code, by force, or by disrespect.
The scar stands as both wound and Warning. May it also stand as Witness: that we remain Unincorporated, Self-Governed, and Invictus.
— K. Kirton Niner @ Rancho del Oro 85331