"The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands" is a poem written in 1899 by British novelist Rudyard Kipling at the beginning of the Philippine-American War. In the poem, Kipling promotes the idea that the US should acquire colonies, just as other European nations. In this piece, we performed a poetic gesture of literally internalizing and embodying these words. The poem is printed on a long strip of fabric that we consumed, revealed through our mouths, and then wrapped our faces; binding us and making us blind and mute. Through this gesture, we are interested in the legacy of imperialism on the psyche and body, from generation to generation.