Haiti
Water in pouches
Deforestation to dusty roads
$2 Barbecue
Full spirit
Wandering black souls
Lost in a see of creole and home
This is what it looks like when you win
Dogs from Africa
Electricity goes out at day
Solar panels, generators
Adaptation
Makeshift electricians
Carpentry from lineage and grit
Cold bucket baths for hot afternoons
Love. Love. Love.
This is what it looks like to win
Black hands shake with gourds
Down the hill
Where the tires burn and the genius lives undiscovered
Colleges degrees drift unknown to the west into the ether of blackness
Live. Love. Love
This is what it looks like to win
On the stone-plagued hills
The tap tap is king
Prestige for balmy nights
After early and long days of work
Sweat for progress
Live. Last. Love.
This is what it looks like to win.
Mwenfuom.