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African Orphan
Contributed by
melis
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Wednesday, 23rd April 2003 @ 07:35:00 PM in AEST
Topic:
oops
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Ebony pupils, faced in eyes like moon,
Boned white by years in the deserted sun,
Startle night into frozen wakefulness;
A beast pads around, stalking the village,
Ragged in outcast despair, but searching still:
For a home, a mother, or just rancid bread.
Crouched against the spears and sticks
Of Africa’s shameful holocaust,
I am prey, she thinks, not knowing why.
She prowls the territory of shame,
Shaped in silhouette of a child I knew;
Scavenging off guilt beyond good taste;
Indecent in her longing; with silent stare
To claw and rake over a carrion conscience;
Till a hand, raised in disgraced defiance,
Curls nails in upon themselves, stifling sorrow
As they bite into the tender, well brought up meat
Of a fist that crams memory back down.
Orphaned tears have no place here;
I ran away; I am so sorry.
At night, Africa’s betrayal
Glares like an ebony beacon.
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melis
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2003-04-23 19:35:00]
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Re: African Orphan
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by shelby on
Thursday, 24th April 2003 @ 12:59:07 AM AEST
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This touched my heart. Well written.
Michelle |
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Re: African Orphan
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by norm on
Saturday, 10th May 2003 @ 09:47:10 AM AEST
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Seems to me..you can't blame
Africa for what man has done |
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Re: African Orphan
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by lilch4ever on
Wednesday, 4th June 2003 @ 06:48:45 PM AEST
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| That was very good and very deep. Nicely written. |
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