Even Jesus had disciples;
Jean-Bertrand Aristide has only a confessional box.
The Roman Catholic Church does not,
could not, prepare you for 7,000 street children.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide has only a confessional box.
Restaveks make beds of cool white linen high in the hills.
Holy hills with burning bushes blazing a liturgy
of clanking beads on a too taunt strand.
Restaveks make beds of cool white linen high in the hills.
Tap-taps in vivid colors of orange, red, and evergreen
pass teenagers, babies, whores, and saints asleep
just inside the crumbling gates of the Port-au-Prince cemetery.
Tap-taps in vivid colors of orange, red, and evergreen
took 212 Haitians to a sure fire voyage across the Galilee.
Across to the pristine waters of Biscayne Bay on
a 50 foot fishing boat lined with prayers.
Took 212 Haitians to a sure fire voyage across the Galilee
Just in time for Halloween those same 212 deacons
ushered Rickenbacker Causeway waiting for a
Tap-tap to Krome Detention Center.
Just in time for Halloween those same 212 deacons
were processed and returned to sleep on tombstone pillows
as the lights from barbed wired mansions look down
upon the dirt and opposition of Port-au Prince.
Were processed and returned to sleep on tombstone pillows
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, fisher of man, ruler of tomb children standing
upon the dirt and opposition of Port-au-Prince.
Even Jesus had disciples.
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