Article: They Count Us at Night (excerpt).(Prisoners' poetry)(Poem)

 
They Count Us at 
Night (excerpt) 
 
   Sleeping sun 
   Talking moon 
 
   They count us at night 
   We must be sheep 
   We must be shadows 
   of hand shapes 
   Making animal figures 
   In front of a lamp 
 
   A lion 
   A dog 
   A snake 
 
   The sound of melting snow 
 
   There are no shapes for this one 
 
   My mind drips 
 
   I ferment the syllables 
 
   I used to use ...

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