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ZOE TO THE BONE A Poem

May 23, 2024 – 2:45 pm

The later in the day The longer the shadow The illusion of forever Because zombies don’t have shadows At least that’s what my Zanmi friends say And they Haitians ‘zoe’ to the bone.

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A L’Enfer Baby Doc -2014

May 21, 2024 – 5:07 pm

In 1971 Baby Doc Duvalier inherited his father’s dictatorship over Haiti. At twenty years old Jean-Claude was the youngest ruler in the world. His power was enforced by the dreaded Ton-Ton Macoute. The cadres of these sunglassed henchmen tortured and killed thousands of people over the decades with the support of America, Land of the […]

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Mad Matthew

October 7, 2016 – 1:08 pm

Last week the weather was cool in New York and I thankfully thought, “Another year without a hurricane hitting the East Coast.” I had said the same thing before Tropical Depression Sandy had its way with New York and now Hurricane Matthew hovers off the coast of Floria, threatening destruction should the storm makes landfall […]

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Ila Jaheem Ma’ik

October 5, 2014 – 10:25 am

Ila jaheem ma’ik means ‘go to hell’ in Arabic, which is what Arabic men might feel about the recent surge in satanizing Islam. Firstly most Arabs are not terrorists. Secondly some Arab men drink beer. Lastly the majority of American men would rather stand and fight a thousand al-Qaada warriors than spend the night with […]

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Hellbound Haiti

January 14, 2010 – 9:24 pm

Most Americans are too lost in the daily struggle to survive the gauntlet of bills and family needs to care about the rest of the world, however the famed churchman Pat Robertson took time out of his busy schedule to theorize that the devastation visited on Haiti was God’s revenge on that troubled isle’s pact […]

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