Funeral Dance

In Amerigo, Carnival was as hallowed as Christmas itself,
Perhaps slightly more so
There was a meaning to it see, Islanders did not put into words,
Yet which made it the authentic supreme day in the Kinjian calendar

Africa was marching down the main street of this little harbor town today
Africa, in undimmed black vitality,
Surging up out of centuries of island Displacement
Island slavery, island isolation, island ignorance

Africa, unquenchable in its burning love of life
Carnival was Africa Day in Amerigo