Poem about the film Landfillharmonic: I Am Telling You, Discouraged One, We Will Win
LandfillharmonicI am telling you
Discouraged One
we will win.
And I will show you
why.
We are the offspring
of the ignorantly
discarded:
we conjure
sunrise
with our smiles
and provoke music
out of trash.
Who can completely
disappear
such genius?
This is why humanity
is worth
loving.
Fiercely.
Passionately.
Without a moment
of holding back.
I used to think
it was only
Africans
I loved so dangerously
then I thought it was
Indians;
then Mexicans
Vietnamese
Guatemalans
Cambodians
Laotians
Nicaraguans
Cubans
Haitians
Salvadorans…
all
those dear ones
so endlessly
lied about.
But no, it is all of us.
It is humanity.
We are special.
If you don’t believe me,
take two minutes
to
watch
the video.
