who built a prison camp
in the jungle of New Guinea,
malaria mosquitoes everywhere
who locked up Indonesians there
because of their writings
pleas for independence,
that is all
their imprisonment
had no end date,
those in charge didn’t find that necessary
I wasn’t there of course
I’m not liable
I understand what is meant
by white innocence,
yes, indeed
Amsterdam, 2019
Anne-Ruth Wertheim