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Haze of Jubilee

Posted by publicinfoproject on 4/2/2010 6:02:44 AM |

Written by: publicinfoproject


When we gape


At our torn Independence


Hoisted on shaky flagpole


On that day of jubilee,


We will count fifty stains,


Blood stains on that garment


Of our farcical nationhood.


Trumpet herald of merriment


Will shepherd us


To arena of jubilee


Where we will drown in jubilations


With ale and crumbs


To quench our thirst,


Our hunger


And anger.


Dancers


And singers


Will soothe our eyes


And ears,


We will be lost


In haze of jubilee.


After jubilations,


Termites will nibble again


On our flesh,


Refusing to devour us,


Refusing to leave us alive.