If I am only
a point in time,
my land dispossessed,
cleared, layers, in red
sand, excavate life,
bare tops
of scarce trees
confirm my presence.
Will you then remember,
on the path of hauled off gold
where their knowledge smolders,
my mother and my father?
1 “Mi gron,” Sranan (Surinamese language) for “my land.”
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