Out of the sky, the birds, the parrots, the bells, silk, cloth, and drums, . . . out of Sundays dancing, children' s words and love words, out of love for the little fists of children, I will build a world, my world with round shoulders.
Source: Miraculous Weapons, 1946.
-- Aime Cesaire, (Jun 25 1913-2008), Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist; He co-founded, with Leopold Senghor, Negritude, an influential movement to restore the cultural identity of black Africans.