White innocence (2002)
White marble, 26 cm
white innocence
our colonial ancestors
who built a punishment camp
in the jungle of New Guinea,
malaria mosquitoes everywhere
who locked up Indonesians there
because of their writings
pleadings for independence,
only that
no end date was given
to their imprisonment
there was no need for that
I was not there of course
I am not liable
I do understand what is meant
by white innocence,
however
Anne-Ruth Wertheim, 2019
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