Remember
The descendants of the slaves The excluded from the US Constitution ‘We the people’ was just a phrase in a preamble Words that rang like music, but empty words It was not a revolution but a power squabble of the rich Over robbed land worked by the black slaves We must always remember history and […]
The rumble of the buses and music rigs The tread and the spinning thread of the dancers Carrying big dreams in their head and flowers in their hair Carnival is here to remember our past and to fuck the future A two day lull in the battle of our life, winners and losers dancing together […]
Posing for an ephemeral posterity A group of revelers show their empty bottles The spirits are gone but the spirit of Carnival remains We drink to forget and to remember we cannot forget Carnival comes from the desperate slave trade times Created by the church to absolve itself like some indulgence The pie in the […]
Nothing serious, it is just a twerk meet The pretense of a minute physical rub The rush and the blush, the instant forgotten Like butterflies bumping on each flower The inebriating spirits race to the head Dancing to forget and dancing to remember The celebration of a new freedom at every sunrise Hugh Ardoin The […]