THREE POEMS FOR PERSECUTED …
SINBAD
Sinbad is a stranger
a man without a country (are there really people
stateless?)
without ideals (are there people without ideals?)
without home and work …. (…)
He lives in the city, port, squares,
the train stations…the train, which was made
to unite people.
Sinbad -the irony-never got this train … ..
PORT
<<The city breathes and creates near the sea.
The port, the center of town life >>
said an old guidebook.
The harbor is made for travel
I travel, you travel, he travels …
The flag of Europe there
– We can all go
getting to know new places, new cultures.
All? And Sinbad?
No, not him, this is illegal…
-What is it that separates people?
-There ..
-The man is an intelligent being…
-Is this true?
“But how not?
Man-held, fighting for good.
“But of course …
“But then … there are clandestine people?
Help me to think, going crazy, there
clandestine people, unreported souls?
-Of course not, but they do not …
-What does not? Not everyone can travel? Why?
No, these are not strangers, not like us.
… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
The Sinbad is there every day, every hour
and looking sad, crying almost the sea
He wants the sea near him, beside him
He thinks he travels, he lives,
thinks there
thinks that once would let him believe
that he is a man
that is just like the others ..
SCHOOL
The school is located across from the port
It is a good school, has no children of immigrants.
Children learn rules of equality.
Sinbad stopped going to school early…
You see … the war ..
Children avoid immigrants
Yes, we are all alike, but they are not there ..
have no house, unwashed, uneducated,
Then ask for money, no … no …
The school has strict rules
Everyone must obey the teacher
teacher is the authority…
And what about Sinbad? But he is unlawful,
You talk to them, the dodge.
Yes, I know, the discussions talk about equality
yes, yes, I know, in cafes talking about injustice
Yes, believe me, I know, politicians are aware of the problem.
Yes, of course, the minister wants their own good ..
Children learn at school to respect
society
their own society.
Children learn to feel the struggle of peoples.
The Sinbad is there day and night, opposite the school.
He does not understand how educated people
the curse, the turn away
This is education for? This is equality?
The Sinbad is stuck in iron fence.
He looks at the sea
thinks that is connected with the case.
And when the body cries out…
he will return
can not never left the city
he just wants to see the sea
the horizon, the illusion of freedom,
dream …
The waiting is the nurturing.
But all people are equal, the book says, people have shed blood for this purpose-is not it?
Everyone is equal? Probably not
There are human trash
not mentioned in the books of wise school
There are out there next to our homes,far,far away from us..
real strangers….
Ithaca for them may not exist …
NEMIS FELONIS
