A Poem for Uganda: Our Wealth
A Poem for Uganda: Our Wealth
It is now illegal to be a homosexual in Uganda. We went underground to escape the mist of
colonialism. I take off your shirt to tattoo
a prism, a machine gun, and a dove dripping blood from its heart.
be a rainbow
in the gale of life
free
of heavily-lidded eyes
on the battlefield
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”* Do not answer that middle-of-the-night-knocking at your door without resistance. We are no longer children of the half-light.
artless fog
man-on-man smithereens
in a moment
black-on-black blemish
without a purpose
·
John F. Kennedy
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