Good poem Hamadi. Regards to all

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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 13:46:27 PST Hamadi Banna
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> WE WERE TOLD
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> We were told not
> to sit on crossroads
> in the dark
> for the cardinal points
> of the earth
> converge with
> our carnal desires
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> and like the sun
> not to look at Magji
> in the eye
> for we may be
> blinded by his wisdom
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> We were told never
> ever to eat
> with our left hands
> and above all
> never to take money
> with the left
>
> so when Marx died
> we robbed our banks
> washed our hands
> and laughed
>
> And we were told
> not to stay too long
> in the river
> even the log
> has not turned into
> a croc, they said
>
> We were asked
> to stand
> on the roadside
> and wave
> our flags
> and sing hymns
> of nationhood
>
> and soon we picked up
> their refrain:
>  Hurrah, we re independent! .
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> >From  Recollections of a Lost Century  by Hamadi Banna
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