A dash of Afro-Caribbean colors in a crowded street Flashing the hoodie or the weaving is a claim to full emancipation There is no going back, black people exact their soft revenge For centuries deported, murdered, enslaved, invaded and robbed Granted an independence not worth the paper, no reparations The time of reckoning will come, […]
A sudden apparition at Shrewsbury Mews Like a Madonna flashing at her believers in a grotto An angel with invisible wings coming to rescue you A mermaid without the sea signing a lullaby You blink and she is gone leaving an ocean of loneliness Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery