EspousalsAuthor(s): RALPH THOMPSONSource: Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 1/2, The 60th Anniversary Edition: Literature andIdeas (March - June, 2008), p. 137Published by: University of the West Indies and Caribbean QuarterlyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40655168 .

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Espousals (written in memory of my friend John Figueroa)

After the dregs of racial pride there is humanity,

After the ashes of patriotism there is brotherhood,

After the dogmas of religion there is conscience,

After the smoke of ideology there is common sense,

After the echo of poetry there is poetry.

RALPH THOMPSON

Vol.49. Nosl & 2, March-June, 2002

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