Dark Is the Night

Dark is the Night 

I wake up at nights 
And think of death to the point
When I wake up and it is dawn
Now that Fidel Castro is dead as well
I`m losing the last link with the past
I was in Havana pre-Castro 
Wild night of debauchery great for us
But I saw the suffering as the dance 
Got wilder and wilder in our ignorance 
As young sailors we thought was
Paradise; then the man came down from
The mountain and like Jesus chased sellers
Of dubious wares out of the temple he chased
The whore-masters away back to Florida mostly
 And sent women to school
The price was high his sullen neighbours
Never forgave him for taken their playground away
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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November 27, 2016 at 5:06 AM
Interesting take on the Cuban situation; makes one think about perspectives.
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