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100 Refutations: Day 27 | InTranslation (intranslation.brooklynrail.org)

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The identity of Serge St. Jean is unknown. This poem was previously published in Collection Hounguénikon and later anthologized in Ayiti Cheri: Poésie Haïtienne (1800-2015).

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[–] testing@fedia.io 1 points 10 months ago

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THEY: It’s the humid the bleak season YOU: A new spring THEY: The empty desert of life YOU: A smiling flower bed THEY: The secret the lie YOU: The message the truth THEY: The asphyxiation the prison bars YOU: The oxygen the pure air THEY: The iron of hate YOU: The gold of love THEY: The sword YOU: A dove THEY: The rage YOU: A smile THEY: The slap YOU: A kiss THEY: The night YOU: A star THEY: A splinter YOU: A scarf THEY: It is nothing nothing nothing YOU: Everything everything everything