The Surinam Blues
One half here
One half there
Connected we are
By an umbilical cord
Of shame
Brought from everywhere
Exploited
And dumped
Like a heap of shit
Remaining
Is there somehow
Somewhere still
A nation in us?
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You’re currently reading “The Surinam Blues,” an entry on Gladius Poeticus
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- september 8, 2012 / 2:07 am
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- English Poetry, gedichten suriname, Poëzie Algemeen, Poëzie Suriname
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- anger, exploitation, gedichten, greed, hate, nation building, poem, poetry, self respect, shame, slavery, surinam blues, suriname, the netherlands, umbilical cord
Gladius Poeticus 
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