Michael Mantler - Prisoners - Many Have No Speech

Prisonniers  by Phillipe Soupault

(TRANSLATION)

One hundred and fifty of them here
Not sleeping
Waiting
There are the ones who always wait
There are the ones who whisper a name
The ones who barely breathe
The ones who lie
There are the ones who suffer all the time
The ones who cry softly

The ones who sing

There are the ones who are hungry and thirsty
The ones who walk slowly
The ones who eat
There are the ones who scream with all their might
The ones who lower their heads
The ones who live

Men of suffering
Men of laboring
How long are our nights

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