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  • Just Because
  • Jidi Majia

Let us stick our bare feetdeep into this mudLet the blood of our whole bodieswordlessly flow backto the place that gave us blood(Just because this landis our land)

Let us laughat the top of our lungsLet us drench each black garmentwith our tearsLet us cry hardcry as we pleasecry like fools(Just because this landis our land)

Let us seeevery mandrink liquor from a wood bowl of three colorsIf you get drunk,no arrogant, unfamiliar feetwill walk over your head againLet us seeevery womanspeak using a mouth harp and the leaves of treesIf we grow wearylet us lie down on the meridians of dreamsand fall into deep sleep(Just because this landis our land) [End Page 44]

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