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A.D. WINANS
PANAMA TWELVE Two political prisoners were sitting in a van with two Panamanian National Guardsmen In the front seat Outside a bar in down town Panama City The two National Guardsmen went inside to check out the bar Leaving the two men chained In the back seat Once inside they spoke To the bartender in a language I couldn't understand And then there was an explosion Coming from outside the bar And without looking the Two guardsmen laughed And downed their tequila and beers While outside you could see the Flames engulf the jeep The two prisoners lit up Like two scarecrows tossed into A bonfire A. D. Winans is a native San Francisco poet and graduate of San Francisco State University. He returned from Panama in 1958 to participate in the North Beach Beat literary movement. He edited and published Second Coming for seventeen years. He is the author of over 40 chapbooks and books of poetry and prose. His work has appeared internationally and has been translated into eight languages. He took an early retirement in 1995 from the U.S. Department of Education, where he worked in the Civil Rights Division, investigating cases of discrimination against minorities, women and the disabled. A book of his Selected Poems will be published this year by Feel Free Press in England. |
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