Bro, The poem is a reflection of passed days Banjul. It also surfaces the differences between to be a child in those days Banjul with being a child in present day Banjul. A good one. Thanks for sharing it us. Pa Che >From: Mo Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Banjul Epitaphs (A Poem) >Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:43:44 -0700 > > Banjul Epitaphs > Where were you >When we folded our dreams >Into kites and let them fly >Over the azure skies >Of Banjul, > > Or when we made tiny boats >Out of our homework >And let them sail on Grant Street >Towards the saline mangroves >Behind ‘Af Die, the graveyard >The graveyard of slave ships >And of English greed? > > And that night >On Fitzgerald >When Ifangbondi etched Saraba >Into our young hearts >As we searched >For the distant lands >Of folktale heroes >And smoked our first piccadillys >Like virgins. > > Where were you >When the pakin chased us >Down Pignaaye and Rankin >We who could not see >Our fears, yet tripped >Over our laughter? > > And while the lions >Prowled the deserted arenas >We fought and queued >To see Hemamalini, >The Indian goddess >That stole our lunch >And dashed our hopes. > Where you there >That Friday noon >When they came in crowds >Behind our backs >And broke down >The walls of Boxbar >As the police watched >And even threw our ball >Into the gutter, > Or when scribes and poets >Came to write epitaphs >For our fallen children >Who only flew kites >Over the skies >Of this city >Laying flat like a tongue >In the mouth of The Gambia? > > by Momodou Baldeh.© > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ >countries) for 2˘/min or less. > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ _________________________________________________________________ Trangt om plassen? http://www.hotmail.com MSN Hotmail gir deg 250MB gratis lagringsplass ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤