Black Poetry : Paranoia

Aminata

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Mar 28, 2002
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Buffalo, New York
Occupation
Teaching artist of Traditional West African dance
echos of a non-commercial
aircraft overhead
startles me out of slumber
@5am

next door neighbors
in Arab tongue
fight with words
in the middle of the street

threats of regional
truck and car bombings
at the anniversary of 9/11
I pray it doesn't come to fruition

five arrests of terrorists
made in a town 20 minutes
from my place of peace and serenity

Arabs purchase a boys home in
the inner-city...one that's enclosed
by barbed wire and high brick walls
extra large U Hauls
parked
assemblyline of packages and
boxes passing down the line
containing?

Niagara Falls-15 minute drive from Buffalo
home of power source of water and electricity
major tourist city
the Falls
Casinos
Bridge between US and Canada

Recent threats of terrorist attacks
on December 21st and
sometime in February during Carnival time
in Trinidad

and here we were worried about Y2k
now it's terrorism

the neighbor
the sitter
the clerk
the doctor

Paranoia...is this warrented?
 

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