Haitian Earthquakes

January twelfth two thousand and ten
October seventh two thousand  eighteen
and again August fourteenth,
two thousand and twenty one 
witnessed near annihilation and destruction 
of the Haitian nation, 
(especially courtesy first and third aforementioned)
whereby countless/ nameless individuals
e’en the strongest Herculean type men
crushed by humungous slabs of building facades 
practically demolishing every creation 
since this island settled, 
which indigenous tribes initially sought safety 
in any geologic den
seeking solace and salvation 
from wrath of nature 

by paying obeisance via oblation, 
perhaps giving credence 
to clear water in tandem with rooster and hen
that laid a golden egg, especially
as encroaching savages affected violation
particularly when Europeans 
foisted forfeiture of land 
with primitive implement like pen
no matter that travesty, trickery, mockery, 
et cetera wrought humiliation
pleading invaders to forsake such actions 
rent asunder culture beseeched divine force 
argh inhumane brutish, nasty and (shortish) 
simians (compared to 21st century Homo  sapiens) 
refused to cease desecration,
yet the peoples of this dominion 

rose from the ashes like the phoenix like bird
no matter genetic pool 
underwent white washing from scouring influx
from western thumping proselytizers, 
which alien beliefs hard to swallow like curd
and basically bribery (with lustrous trinkets) 
and those coveted legal tender bucks
foisted/ forced the unpleasant alternative 
(wanton slaughter) to be clearly heard,

yet within the very fiber of tropical mangrove 
persons patiently lined up their ducks
as intimated  by this aging hippy type nerd,
and declared as the first 
African American peoples spurred
INDEPENDENCE to be the word
whence adulation, elation, inspiration 
akin to the sound winged fowl clucks
until the onset of one after another major earthquake
rendered land of high mountains
(crafted from Taíno language)
into jumble of utter annihilated smithereens.

Copyright © Matthew Harris | Year Posted 2021

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