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THE MIGRANT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
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“To hope is to doze in destiny’s diligence waiting for 
the jolt which wakes you up.”
Tchimpadou
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I dug up the tombs

Nothing

Nothing but the snort of the dead.

I split the stones

Nothing

Not even half a flicker.

I pick up abhorrence

Nothing

Here is the migrant's grave.

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​Tchimpadou is the female head of the Soko clan, a tribe from the dense forest of Central Africa which inherited 1000 words at the start of life. Everyone who dies takes 30 words to go and speak to the dead. Each newborn arrives with one word. The Soko people will only find speech again when the original 1000 words are reunited. ​