“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
Saturday, August 6, 2011
My Confession to FreeThinke
He sits at the table and writes.
with this poem you will not take power, he says
you will not make revolution, he says
nor with thousands of verses will you make revolution, he says
and what more, these verses wont make peons, teachers, or carpenters live better, eat better, or he himself eat, live better.
Not even for wooing a woman can they be used.
He wont make money with them
he wont get into the movies free with them
they wont give him clothes for them
He wont get tobacco or wine with them
nor parrots, nor scarves, nor boats, nor bulls, nor umbrellas will he get from them.
if it were up to them the rain would get him wet.
He wont reach forgiveness nor grace because of them
with this poem you will not take power, he says
you will not make revolution, he says
nor with thousands of verses will you make revolution, he says
He sits at the table and writes.
Really? Where? I did four years in Caracas and three and a half in Madrid as an "Air Force brat". I also did a stint in the Merchant Marine... but spent most of that time in between Asian ports of call.
Wow. Tango set to rap.
ReplyDeleteI need to get out more...
If you liked that, you'll love this. ;)
ReplyDeleteCool Stuff. I lived in Latin America a few different times. I haven't kept up with the music...
ReplyDeleteReally? Where? I did four years in Caracas and three and a half in Madrid as an "Air Force brat". I also did a stint in the Merchant Marine... but spent most of that time in between Asian ports of call.
ReplyDeleteSo you can probably surmise that I'm a bit more partial to salsa than tango.
ReplyDeletePuerto Rico, Panama, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, among other places.
ReplyDeleteSalsa and merengue are much more ubiquitous than Tango, which hasn't really made it out of South America.
Definitely more African-Caribbean than "Spanish-Portuguese"... no doubt.
ReplyDeleteI suppose there's a bit more "universality" in that (Afro-Caribbean).
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