A poem for Mr Mandela
December 06, 2013 13:02
India has declared a five-day national mourning for Nelson Mandela.
Meanwhile, read, a poem for Mandela.
On a rooftop of a prison
in South Africa Nelson Mandela
tends garden and has a birthday,
as my Jamaican grandfather in Harlem, New York
raises tomatoes and turns ninety-one.
I have taken touch for granted:
my grandfather's hands,
his shoulders, his pajamas which smell of vitamin pills.
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Meanwhile, read, a poem for Mandela.
On a rooftop of a prison
in South Africa Nelson Mandela
tends garden and has a birthday,
as my Jamaican grandfather in Harlem, New York
raises tomatoes and turns ninety-one.
I have taken touch for granted:
my grandfather's hands,
his shoulders, his pajamas which smell of vitamin pills.
More
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