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Santa Claus Was Afraid to Pass Through Port-au-Prince, Haiti

...Papa Noël was afraid to pass through on Christmas Day In the streets of Port-au-Prince. Bullets were being fired in droves Sporadically, haphazardly. Many people were hiding under beds Naughty ter......

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Categories: tonton, black african american, christmas,
Form: Free verse

Haiti a Basket Case

...Haiti is a basket case. They marched him down the gangway by the feared Tonton Macoute, armed men dressed in Hawaii shirts and slacks, partly concealing their guns The young thief shivered, I ......

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Categories: tonton, anti bullying, corruption, pain,
Form: Blank verse