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oil on canvas (75cm x 100cm) |
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"Pioniri
Italia"
Italian-tongued
And cane-smoked,
Men swing knives
To bend bananas
To their will.
Cane cut
And carted to the mill,
The men and women
Make cornucopian festivals
Beside de river
And thank the giver Of their laboured fruits.
by Victor Barker
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