Thursday, April 1, 2010

Haiti found poem (taken from the New York Times) by Jasper Schep

His relatives approached an
Israeli search team, asking for help.

Debris from where his house had been.
Members of the team, pulling away stones.

They called out.
He responded.

“I felt the house dancing around me.”

He passed out in the rubble.

“I didn’t know if I was up or down.”

In dreams, he heard his mother’s cries.

“I’m here because God wants it.”

Not any food,
He drunk his own urine to keep
Thirst at bay.

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