Poetic reflection on the ambiguities of the refugee crisis, media coverage, extremist propaganda and EU politics.
The scenery cannot be here
without our understanding and so can’t love.
Deep in the night where the roads end
the supplication shrinks as does the question
how another one can help us
the same us who in the flat beaten silence
of a shaky forest, hear mice
and martens rustling as well as border guards
the us who in spite of cold and rain
have to regain silence on the crying
of their drenched children.
The scenery is an idea that’s spread
around all those shopping bags.
Love is the question lying next to the bread
and the piece of sausage that’s
tucked between the children's shirts.
Completed: july 2016
Duration: 00:03:56
Format: HD video
Direction: Alfred Marseille & Jan Baeke
Screenplay: Jan Baeke & Alfred Marseille
Film & sound editing: Alfred Marseille
Text: Jan Baeke
© 2016 Public Thought, Jan Baeke & Alfred Marseille