Lasana M. Sekou – Magno
Philipsburg — Tribute poem to the assassinated [5.5.13] parliamentarian of Curaçao and leader of the island’s Independence movement Helmin Magno Wiels, Dec 9, 1958 – May 5, 2013.
Another king
just crowned in the kingdom
of blood, a coronation of bullets wheezing death
in a hail of the assassin’s contract of hate
circling to puncture through
the riddled breastbone of the nation
to still&rent the sovereign heart from beating true
but we are who we are even when we fear to be
tula.karpata.mercier.wakao.sablika.doktor.paapa.
and “E Politico mas grandi di Curacao
diadomingo pasa di 5:15 atardi
a yega pa cumpra cuminda na …”
this day, de doden de doden dem walk
victorious, from liberty park to mari pampun
to carry him away, the fallen son, Home
but for the living,
aki, yunan
lucha no kaba.
[from Caribseek.com, 6 mei 2013]
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