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Don't Say Carribbean
No one says Carribbean anymore.
There's no such thing as the Carribbean, no
soft, rich sand, no
eighty degree perfect weather.
Don't say Carribbean. When the
word Carribbean drifts out of your mouth
I take off my mask of sadness. I prepare to relax. I'm
stupid like that. Once,
I was not alone. The sky, blue. The sea, blue.
My sunglasses sat upon my face, soaking in the sun's
harmful rays.
You dare speak of the Carribbean? You unlock
a door full of evils, that word comes bursting
out. And now, the Carribbean has opened its curtain
and revealed its sadness and depression; it's a
place where people disregard beauty and happiness
in the pursuit of profit. Who says Carribbean? Now
I grind my teeth. Or did you mean the Carribbean you
saw in that picture you have
of the beautiful sunset, shining over the island's resources
being ripped away. Carribbean, an awful word,
a word that would even make bad fertilizer.
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For English class, we read Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place. Her novella inspired me to look beyond what a tourist sees when he or she travels to the Carribbean. Additionally, a poem called, "Don't Say Paris," inspired me to write this poem as well.