Local Flavour
Poems by Quicksylver
these poems are based on material from my country Trinidad and Tobago
(see map below) ain't it beautiful?
this also explains the british spelling of words... we were a british colony and
learned to spell the old fashioned way...mush to the disgust of my Windows spell checker!
i'll give lil' notes to help you...k?
A fine fella
what in need
is a fine fella
a little decent
that's good enough for me
someone to go Gulf with
to sit next to in church
to show off even
...i guess
someone who could talk real shit
but could melt your heart
with but one glance
normal yet extreme
someone to talk to
to listen. to be rhyme
and reason for me
to me my baby
somrone to treat me special
who needs me
and not be ashamed
about how i look
someone who knows what i want
a hug, a talk, a kiss
maybe...i don't know
but i want to know
that's all i want
all that i need today
my very own
fine fella
** Gulf city is the biggest indoor mall in the caribbean...right here in the south land- in La Romain. it's not ton the map but is anout 15 minutes from San'do
one of the best places to hang out.
Song of a poor chile
oh creata (2x)
loving and tenda (2x)
praise him
love him
thank him
foreva and eva
(excerpt from local hymn)
dis is my song
de song of a poor chile
song dat does set me free
free from new man rule
i not pure african
or spanish or coolie
but a nice nice mix up of all dem
a lil' of all worlds
my god give me brain
a sponge to soak up knowledge
too much i fine
they tell we unnecessary tings
when i was young, free
i run 'bout my fadda's land
an eat sour cherry
an suck orange, freshly peeled
now, no more freedom
only to be found in song
my song
de song of a poor chile.
**coolie is local slang for an indian person though it has a derogatory meaning in india. alot of indian migrated here as indentured labourers.
i am PROUD of my heritage
i am what you would call a 'dougla'
a mixed breed.
Jamaat uprising
white capped and brave
they stand, side by side
to block out Gov't iron hand
of so called justice
give us land they cry
you box us in like caged beasts
fredom of life, religion and culture
is all we're asking
we had you in our hands
in 1990, but we retreated
a misunderstood race
of farmers and fathers
you gave us Mucurapo
but then changed your mind
never again will we stand by and witness
never again!
be forewarned, hand of law,
be forewarned.
** the Jamaat al Muslimeen are a group of people who took over the country in a coup de ta in 1990. they took over the RED HOUSE (our version of the White house) with all the heads of Gov't in it)
it only lasted for a short while.
Mucurapo is a place which the gov't gave to the Jammat.i think it's in west Trinidad.
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Smith Corona
smith corona was my neighbour
he was not really a friend
but he's one i will remember
until the very end
the giraffe he had as a pet
was quite a sight to see
even when it feasted
on the leaves of my mango tree
his house was made of cocoyea stalks
that rustles in the night
it sometimes tipped right over
giving us such a fright.
**well we don't have giraffes running wild here, it's just for the kix.
Property of Quicksylver28
i live in San fernando, i'm a south gyul!
