Song of Guantanamo Base
anonymous poet | 23.10.2004 19:03 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | Sheffield
a poem/song aimed at becoming a collective song, anyone may contribute by adding another stanza anywhere in the poem, the only requirement being that it matches its rhythm, ie metrical and rhyming pattern.
in our bright red overalls...
Song of Guantanamo Base
We have come back from hell
Back from Guantanamo Base
We were tortured night & day
Back in Guantanamo Base
Till our eyes dropped from their sockets
and our hearts missed their beats
as time melted in eternity
Back in Guantanamo Base
Which awful crime had we committed?
No one answered no one said
no one near no one human
Back in Guantanamo Base
Still we prayed in utter silence
Back in Guantanamo Base
Could not touch nor feel
Could not walk nor smell
Could nothing but pray
Back in Guantanamo Base
How we cried in utter darkness
In our bright red overalls
No one near no one human
Back in Guantanamo Base
In those cells or senseless shells
as time melted in eternity
no one answered no one near
Damned in Guantanamo Base
Were you made of flesh or stone?
Were you human, was this Earth?
Executioners passed by
Back in Guantanamo Base...
Some returned alive and kicking
Out of Guantanamo Base
But we're dead and still remember:
Damned be Guantanamo Base
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APG started this collective poem/song to be continued
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We have come back from hell
Back from Guantanamo Base
We were tortured night & day
Back in Guantanamo Base
Till our eyes dropped from their sockets
and our hearts missed their beats
as time melted in eternity
Back in Guantanamo Base
Which awful crime had we committed?
No one answered no one said
no one near no one human
Back in Guantanamo Base
Still we prayed in utter silence
Back in Guantanamo Base
Could not touch nor feel
Could not walk nor smell
Could nothing but pray
Back in Guantanamo Base
How we cried in utter darkness
In our bright red overalls
No one near no one human
Back in Guantanamo Base
In those cells or senseless shells
as time melted in eternity
no one answered no one near
Damned in Guantanamo Base
Were you made of flesh or stone?
Were you human, was this Earth?
Executioners passed by
Back in Guantanamo Base...
Some returned alive and kicking
Out of Guantanamo Base
But we're dead and still remember:
Damned be Guantanamo Base
________________
APG started this collective poem/song to be continued
_____________
anonymous poet