I wish i had been there, <br />wish i had seen it all, <br />...sailed among them, <br />...seen them crack up, <br />bulging under the folds of human flesh, <br />...the breeze of slavery, <br />..puncuated by the stench of rotting corpses, <br />...human excretion, <br />...the sweat of poverty, <br />....wish it had blown across my face too, <br />my spirit...wish it had swept over the polished boards of her 'majesties decks', <br />...seen with my own eyes <br /> <br />The chosen ones...standing below the mast, <br />the medallions of their 'loyal' service to the queen glimmering <br />taking a sip of the best <br />the 'rotten indians' had to offer, <br />biting off...rather stale piieces of chestnut cake, <br />as the keepers of hades, <br />open their gates once more to another black son! !<br /><br />tinashe severa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-wish-i-had-been-there/
