SONG FOR THE DROWNED by José Muchnik

POET:José Muchnik Translated from Spanish (Argentina) to English: Gerry Loose Song for the Drowned[i] Rough song, sand rolling in throats, rough sea, drowned innocence, ministers assembled, bureaucracies rule. Humanity in balance! Black Friday! Black water! Liberté Egalité Fraternité! Did you do the day’s arithmetic? Children women men? Kurds, Somalis, Syrians, Ethiopians, Algerians, Iraqis, Yemenis…? How many in total? How to […]
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