Love Poem: Haitian Friends
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Written by: James Peranteau

Haitian Friends

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                   Ah yes 
 my once poetic visions of her
            dark brown skin
           flush ‘gainst mine

        Wooden bowls of rice
                     fish
           and exotic greens
             and warm wine
        chilled at my request

                 And now
           her parched lips
                 her dry 
         over exposed skin
          her tattered flesh

Can you feel my heart beating
           Haitian friends