Haiti {1996}
Originally uploaded by James Matthew.
Driving by that
burned out
tank
life would never be the same
there was no longer importance
in my name.
As the setting sun
burned the sky
the drums were haunting
in the night.
Sitting in the back
of that rusted pickup
we threaded
through Port-a-Prince
testing out luck
There was no longer importance
in my name.
i still remember the shouts
from the rooftops
raining down
raining
down
on us
wrapped [...]


