THE FOREVER ENCORE
(ode to HAITI REBUILT:
The celebration it will take to rebuild our Haiti is likened to the celebration of the many hands used to produce the wonderful sounds of an orchestral overture)
The Haitian man played multi-colored notes
beaconing colored peoplewith instrument totes
conducting a tempo
of hues dancing
the prismatic rainbow
sounds were romancing
yellow notes played
sun-kissed fandangos
brown notes flamingoed
a big band tango
white notes strummed
delicious dulcimer rounds
black notes drummed
lightening lion sounds
green notes recycled
earth saving stanzas anew
Red Cloud played totem poles
a denim sky blue
Royal purple sang
a majestic presidential tune
the peacock colored orchestra
played way past high noon
making raw music
plucking in the full moon
the multi-colored Haitian man
played multi-colored notes
as the children plaited his hair
in intricate shapes of baroque
and the angels arpeggios relayed
that "tomorrow, " they wrote,
"today must be replayed
when the multi-colored Haitian man
again plays his multi-colored notes."
THE FOREVER ENCORE
(an ode to Haiti rebuilt)
by Yolantha Harrison-Pace
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