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Because the Dawn Breaks
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Caribbean Quarterly
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March 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright University of the West Indies Mar-Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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We speak because
When the rain falls in the mountains
The river slowly swells
Comes tumbling down
Over boulders
Across roads
Crumbling bridges
that would hold their power
against its force
We speak because we dream
We speak for the same reason
that the thunder frightens the child
that the lightning startles the tree
We do not speak to defy your tenets
or to upset your plans
or to tumble your towers of Babel
but in spite of the fact that we do
We speak because we dream
because our dreams
are not sitting in pigpens
in any other body's backyard
not of catching crumbs from tables
not of crawling forever
along the everlasting ant-line
to veer away in quick detour
when the elephant's foot crashes ...