Elegy | Angel Ruby Vasquez

An Afro-Caribbean elegy song

Evil comes to our favorite muse tree. 
The spirit screeched her last catch of breath.
We rant lilt; the gulps of echos sound free.
Whop hits the crowd hard, rejecting her death.
 
We dance to Babalu to restore health.
But no need to speak with God's referee.
Saint Lazarus awakens healthy wealth.
As we chant, disco afro-king decrees.
 
In the rain, mother earth grows winds and trees. 
She boosts our voices with cleansing zoom strength. 
To raise ourselves on the theater marquee. 
Her joint action is heavenly in length. 
 
She trained us to research and learn success.
Afro-Caribbean elegy tree.
It would be unnatural to give repress.
Vivian Castro Mosley is God's tree.

Loving Trees
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Angel Ruby Vasquez…

…is a poet pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Mount Saint Mary’s University. He has an educational point of view that is full of historical energy. He wrote, produced, directed, and acted in his first film project, “Never Again,” in 1990 while serving a six-to-life sentence. He was only sixteen years old. He turned it into a positive experience through education thanks to the programs the Hispanic Needs Coordinator and Counselor Vivian Castro-Mosley provide at the Albany Greene Correctional Facility.

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