The Mix
Down town Miami
Business goes crazy
Like a bunch of mixed up ants
Sucking on the mucus of tuberculosis
A handful of small flies have completely
Taken over the sugar cube
There buildings stand straight as palm trees
And make goo goo eyes at the rocker-fellers
suddenly
A small whining sound detached from the consulate
The mixture makes me dizzy
And suddenly
Insanity assassinates reason
Like a drum roll of germs
Flagler Street rattles like a waking snake
With the ambition of a boat people
Up the street are dozens of police patrols
But even though a beautiful women from Colombia
Called Cocaína
She is still the queen of corruption
yeah yeah oye mira!
it is also there
We live with all the bad daydreams
of Mister Batista
I Would Like to Know
I would like to know you,
citizens of America.
I would like to know
What do you feel
When the news of my country hits your face
As cold as a dog’s nose?
When your TV screen is disturbed
By a bunch of dark black boat-people
Who know how to fall
So that others can rise up,
I’d like to know how do you feel about that?
I Would Like to Know,
American citizens,
How do you feel
When little Haiti turns upside down
In fire and protest
To find the tiny piece of justice
They’re dying for?
I Would Like to Know
What do you think when you see that?
I Would Like to Know
Citizens of America.
I’d like to know how would you feel
When you really understand us,
We who sleep with death
On the road of life,
Who the sea chops up piece by piece—
We are victims of the same system,
You and I.
And I’d really like to know
What you’re gonna do about that,
Hamm?
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Jan Sebon (haitiano), es poeta, amigo, músico, locutor; en los últimos 25 años Sebon ha sido una presencia constante en las artes del sur de la Florida, con su grupo musical KAZAK (ritmos caribeños a lo vudú jazz) y en colaboración con artistas e instituciones del patio, siendo seleccionado “Mejor Grupo Haitiano” por tres años consecutivos por el semanario NewTimes. Tiene dos CD’s como vocalista e instrumentista: “Sou Do Ras La” y “Caribbean Percussion Traditions in Miami”; esta última una compilación comisionada por El Museo Histórico de La Florida. Es figura de tradición de la radio miamense con su programa “Mundo Vibe”, en WDNA Public Radio.
