We the beggars

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    We the beggars
    We little
    We the nothing
    We dogs
    We them thin
    We the Negros
    We to whom belongs
    Hardly more same(even)
    This pallid smell
    Former(Old) sad days
    We the littles
    We the nothings
    We the dogs
    We the thins
    We the Negros

    We to whom belongs
    Hardly more same
    This pallid smell
    Old sad days

    We the beggars
    We the littles
    We the nothings
    We the dogs
    We the thins
    We the Negros

    That let us expect
    Beggar
    Littles
    Nothings
    Dogs
    Thins
    Negros
    To play the crazy
    Go for a pee
    Quite over
    And over again
    Against the stupid
    And stupid life
    Which is made for us
    To us beggar
    To us little
    To us the nothing
    To us dogs
    To us the thin
    To us the Negros

    Poem from Leon-Gontran DAMAS, extract from BLACK-LABEL 

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    dahlusion commented on We the beggars

    02-06-2013

    Perfectly stated and presented with all of your poetic genius—bravo!
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    windsongs

    02/06/2013

    i do kinda get this but then i dont, at least from the standpoint of feeling persecuted-take the corporations out of the conservative platform we all could do great things.

    AlainMR

    02/06/2013

    Thank you for your comment. Consider that I only translate this poem from Leon-Gontran DAMAS... Very high french poet from Guyana, who has worked with Leopold Senghor and Aimé Césaire about right of black communauty in France and USA.

    Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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