Howe, Barb

Howe, Barb

Barb Howe

13 August 2011Feature

Today is a new day

Last night the rains came and washed away all our sins

The violence

The complacency

The anger

The apathy

All gone with the break of dawn

Today the taxi driver will not stop near the field where the latest body has
been found to see if it's someone he knows.

Today no one will be threatened in the port, no one will hear gunshots in
the night, no bodies will be thrown into the river.

Today…