Brother Columbus Day Poems

A family affair

A big hotel was built in our rather shy town
the hotel's façade faced the town's lake that
had many birds that visitors thought charming
the...

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That sense of paranoia,
Shaking your hands with fear,
After the lecturer draws near,
Feeling the nerves, your eyes blear,
At that time you can't see clear,
You're afraid of...

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if i ever wanted to start over, where would i go:
- i return to the balcony on patrice lumumba street,
on the third floor, i see...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Since the first bomb blast in my town,
I began talking to winds in strange languages.
Since bayonets had been replaced by rapist-soldiers,
I started building tin-nests on...

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Good Friday Gratitude to Settlers
Columbus gave it lip service
He loved the Virgin Mary
Almost knew Jesus Christ
Could not have had the Holy Spirit Fire

Today, or any...

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After the storm, my brother
(all gangly knees and elbows)
bore the brunt of its ferocious aftermath.

Every day after school
I watched his wiry biceps bulge a little
as...

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