Sleepless in Rwanda, Assemblage (2010), Best of Show, Holidays Aglow, 2010

Title: Sleepless in Rwanda
​Assemblage: Machete, cell phone, photos of Hutu Magazine, Interahamwe (Hutu youth gangs yielding machetes), satellite dish (Poem written on plexiglass)
H 25" x W 18.25" x D 1.5"
(2010)

She lost her head to Chinese steel
Invitations sent RSVP
No one called; no one came
We slept

She lost her dignity
Maggots marched, ants dined
We turned aside
Preferring scent of coconuts and scotch

She lost her dreams
Crossing borders, orphans rained
We smoked Cohibas
Blowing rings as vultures circled

She lost her life
Artificial borders, artificial race
Rivers remember, no list of names
We did nothing
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