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(an untitled experiment)

rich-pa
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since 2000-02-07

Posts 317
New Orleans, Louisiana

0 posted 2000-02-17 08:55 PM

'ah weep fo' what we done los'
what mah' fam'ly done los'.
'ah weep fo' da loss of knowledge
-how da ol' people speak
an' 'ah neva' understan'
mah' people an' i
not know'n' what we ought
we done learn' 'bout our lan'
da swamp an' da water
how ta hunt it
how ta fish it
how ta ten' it ta our survival
but what 'bout our tradition?
an' our value?
an' our hist'ry?
an' our language?
all dis we done forgot
yet we cry out
in da tongue
o'other people's forefather
"we are acadian
da hunters
da fishers
da leg'cy o'Louisiane!
an' one o' 'dese day
we will got wha' we done los' once again!"

Ted Reynolds
Member

since 1999-12-15

Posts 331

1 posted 2000-02-18 12:02 PM

I'm glad you took up this challenge. I'd say it's successful. I can't judge the accuracy of the dialect, but to me it reads rhythmically and sincerely. And sadly.

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