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Channel Esther: South Africa Chronicle #12
by Esther Cohen
INDEPENDENCE DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Six hundred people
home of US Ambassador
Patrick Gaspard
we both worked
for the hospital workers union
he’s a true visionary
real sense of humor
I was down the hall
Patrick went to work
for Obama
he greeted
all 600 0f us
as his friends
real party
mojitos
woman from Namibia
invited us to Namibia
many people said
they’ll visit
in New York Patrick
talked to us
not a speech
he made us happy
about what we can do
because we know
of course
how together
we all are.
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