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escape route

this q-tip in my ear 
how did it get here
some corp called
unilever? how
did we get here?
i was pickin
cotton now it’s
in my ear
the plunder of
a continent
for soaps and
cheap inputs
and MARKETS
how? how
did we get here?
on park avenue
the loot piled up
quite nicely
tailored
as africans
we labored
for that park
avenue view
history
it makes me dizzy
with loss and things
set before i
showed up -
how did we
get here??
i need a
drink
a shrink
a backup
plan and
escape route
even tho
this beast will
follow you across
the globe and
every pocket

later?

the anger yes
we want it
yes we need it
no answer no
and what-and
what, snow
never hold 
your hand best
believe best
believe no
i don't no
i don't you
know you won't
ba ba ba ya 
all the gals so
ok? ooooooooook
yeeeooww-i
can't keep beat
no more can't
speak it this
country-fried 
country 
being served hell 
inna handbasket
in a hurry to 
destroy the 
human in us
quickly sooner
as opposed 
to later? 

On Death of Billionaire Oligarch Elizabeth Windsor – Gabby Is Right

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By Tee White

A poem by Barbados cultural ambassador, Anthony ‘Gabby’ Carter, on the death of Elizabeth Windsor, queen of England has generated unwarranted criticism from certain quarters on the island. The poem, reprinted below, points out some truths about the British monarch and her relationship to the crimes of British colonialism.

For those with a strong allegiance to British colonialism these truths were a bitter pill to swallow and so, just like Malcolm X described, they jumped to the defence of their colonial ‘massa’.

Local media reported that some people labelled the poem as “disrespectful”, “distasteful” and “uncivilised” while others demanded that the Barbados government revoke Gabby’s National Honour status if he does not apologise for penning the poem.

Guy Hewitt, former Barbados High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and recent contender for leadership of the opposition Democratic Labour Party is reported as having strongly condemned the poem and…

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