Dark twisted formOf shreds and cunningCrawling with an inward twinkleAt the agonies of Africa.Praying and pricingPassers byAs in black and whiteJingle pennies past;A hawk’s eyePenetrates to the coreOn a hot afternoonTo pick the victimsThat with a missionDare not look atThis conflict.A dollar drops,An Indian sulkPassively avoids-I am stabbed to the core;Pride rationally injured.In the orbits…
The chill of the nightAnd the mosquitoes that followed.Such was the time andThey bound for a kingdom.The thin weary line of carriesWith tattered dirty rags to cover their backs;The battered bulky chestsThat kept on falling off their shaven heads.Their tempers high and hotThe sun fierce and scorchingWith it rose their spiritsWith its fall their hopesAs…
EnduringLike life itself.Up they riseTall and slenderAnd around themWhite coats flit.Like the magic they spell.New Mulago Hospital-the name shakes –she stood firmlyon that cool afternoongiving names, tribes and sex,a woman clad in busuti.As the fullstop was enteredOn a white sheet of paperA whitecoat gave a nod.Her hands cross her chestAnd the message unsaidCrushing granite and…
Turning sharplyHere and thereLike a plague of locustsWhirling,Tossing up things on its tailLike a madman chasing nothing.Pregnant cloudsRide stately on its back,Gathering to perch on hillsLike sinister dark wings;The wind whistles byAnd trees bend to let it pass.In the villageScreams of delighted children,Toss and turnIn the din of the whirling wind,Women,Babies clinging on their backsDart…
Elders become bigCircus LionsAway from home.Whilst the manes ageIn the ZoosThat now our homelandsHave become,Markets of leftovers,Guns are tallerThan our children.In the beggarhoodOf a CircusThat now is home,The whip of the RingmasterCracks with a snapThat eats throughThe backs of our being.Hands stretchingIn a prayerOf submissionIn a beggarhoodOf Elders delicatelyPerforming the tightropeTo amuse the GateFor TipsThat…
