Assassins of conversation
they bury the voice
they assassinate, in the beloved
grave of the voice, never to be silent.
I sit in the presence of rain
in the sky’s wild noise
of the feet of some who
not only, but also, kill
the origin of rain, the ankle
of the whore, as fastidious
as the great fight, the wife
of water. Risker, risk.
I intend to turn a sky
of tears, for you
Martin Carter
During the month of June in Guyana, two things are remembered – the birth of Martin Carter and the assassination of Walter Rodney. The nation’s greatest poet was born on June 7, 1927 and the internationally acclaimed scholar, historian and political leader was assassinated at the height of his most effective period of political activism on