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The enemies proliferate by air by land they bomb the cities they burn the earth they force the families into miles and miles of violent exile 30 or 40 or 80,000 refugees just before this check-point or who knows where they disappear the woman cannot find her brother the man cannot recall the point of all the papers somebody took away from him the rains fall to purify the river the darkness does not slow the trembling message of the tanks Hundreds of houses on fire and still the enemies do not seek and find the enemies only the ones without water only the ones without bread only the ones without guns There is international TV There is no news The enemies proliferate The homeless multiply And I I watch I wait I am already far and away too late too late · · · · · ·
June Jordan, (1936-2002), a self-described "black radical," was a UC Berkeley professor of African American Studies, award-winning writer and tireless civil rights activist. Jordan died on June 14, 2002 after a long battle with breast cancer. Published under the provision of U.S. Code, Title 17, section 107. |
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