CORRECTION: The second line on the first stanza should read: Like them borned by a mother Omar Joof. >From: "omar joof" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >CC: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [>-<] A POEM: PAGAN >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 05:57:29 +0000 > >[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by "omar joof" ><[log in to unmask]> ] > > > PAGAN > >Pagan they call me >Liked them borned by a mother >Given the name of a father >A milieu and mold to be fathomed >The synthesis of the norm and named > >Pagan they all call me >For failing to absord their memoires >The rhythms of their ancient rites >In the pathos of our morning riots >The conflict of our divergence > >Pagan they call you >For downing their idols yonder >The impact of your edgeless dagger >Invading and dismantling darkness >Their liberation from inhibitive statutes > >And pagan they call them too >Their scheming to rise tomorrow >In their bid to regain honour >By refusing to sell homage >An attempt to empower themselves > >But pagan we be >In eyes with blinkers in their being >From minds languishing in stupor >Their bodies and relations in chains >Those makes of their circumstance > >BY: Omar Joof. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up — fast & reliable Internet access with >prime features! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 > > > > >----------------------------gambiapost.NET------------------------------ >------LATEST NEWS FROM THE GAMBIA, NOW AT:>>------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/newspaper >-------------ACCESS TO OUR ARCHIVE AT:>>----------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/signon.php >(password is : freedumo ) >--------CHAT WITH FELLOW GAMBIA POSTERS>>---------- >http://65.18.147.105/chat/index.php >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Be sure to contact List Management for (un)subscription requests by e-mail >addressed to: [log in to unmask] or simply follow our DIY directions >at: http://www.gambiapost.net/unsubscribe.htm >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >©2002 Our Guiding Principle : "Va, pensiero", "Let thought(s) fly forth" >------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
