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HAITI BEFORE THE VOUDONGS — VOUDONGS
BEWARE!
"For those into socio-economic palaver,
do-gooding left or right, rescuing the innocent
from animism, seeking saviors, hating dictators,
pushing the foolish conceit that Democracy
will solve all problems, Haiti can lead
you down a knotty path of unresolvable convolution
while creating shallow and preposterous
ego trips.
"Better to just dig it, just as it
is , embrace this Hip island of artists
like an artist, warts and all. True, there
are far more warts today than fifty years
ago, but the great magical enchantment of
Haiti continues, if only all those heartsleeve
dogooders, gringos, evangelicals and voudongs
would get the hell out of the way so one
could more directly perceive.
"Marvel at this great natural phenomenon
which could never have been invented and
may never be resolved! King Henry Christophe,
where art thou?"
— DXY
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