The bitter fairy tale

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In this African country children can continue to be children. A bitter fairy tale is a full-colour hope song so that the life of every child who plays or looks to a camera remains a fairy tale. The bitterness that grows and spreads in the world of adults must stop and stay there, without involving children, thus offering them the best of all the possible fairy tales.------

Try to praise the mutilated world.

Remember June's long days,

and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.

The nettles that methodically overgrow

the abandoned homesteads of exiles.

You must praise the mutilated world.

You watched the stylish yachts and ships;

one of them had a long trip ahead of it,

while salty oblivion awaited others.

You've seen the refugees heading nowhere,

you've heard the executioners sing joyfully.

You should praise the mutilated world.

Remember the moments when we were together

in a white room and the curtain fluttered.

Return in thought to the concert where music flared.

You gathered acorns in the park in autumn

and leaves eddied over the earth's scars.

Praise the mutilated world

and the grey feather a thrush lost,

and the gentle light that strays and vanishes

and returns.

Photographer: Miguel Candela
Title of the photo series: A bitter fairy tale
Full article please visit: http://mcandela.com/d2.php

Narrator: Polly Ho
Multimedia producer: Kenji Wong
Multimedia producer: Fiona Lee
Journalist (original text): Daniel Vilosa
Music: Salif Keita
Poem: Adam Zagajewski

Note: The Narrator, Polly Ho, is my very good friend.