Zong
Cruelly full of slaves
The basement was used
Of Zong, the damn ship
Of the bloody transshipment
The coast of the tiny Island of São Tomé
On the shores of West Africa
At full throttle, to the island of Jamaica
Zong, the damn ship
Began its surfing
And the total of thirty-three
Was the throng vassal
To the Atlantic coastlines abyss
Most cruel captain sent shoot
Was it not the outbreak deleterious
Willingly, then
To the sea,
It fell down an angry ten!
With grilhtetas tied at the ankles
Oh God, how horrible and brutal
While the Atlantic, with its own eyes
Saw the deal man gave his equal!
Copyright © Alberto Secama | Year Posted 2015
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