The Mulatto Murders Lily’s Son (1948)Posted in Articles, Caribbean/Latin America, Media Archive on 2013-04-07 04:41Z by Steven |
The Mulatto Murders Lily’s Son (1948)
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal
Volume 8: Issue 1 (Bahamian Literature) (2011-04-22)
Article 9
2 pages
Nicolette Bethel, Assistant Professor of Sociology
The College of the Bahamas
1. Irvin goes to calm a raging friend
Irvin’s fishmeat skin gleamed white despite the dark,
despite the shot that hung the blackout curtains on his world.
His blood unmade the rage of Bert Molina, black enough
to blot the whiteness Irvin carried like a flag.
The gunstock bruised Bert’s collarbone. The bullet
burned the air the way rage burned that space
between his lungs where no-one held his heart.
The blood wrapped Irvin’s brightskin in the night…
Read the entire poem here.