The Obscenity of the Wealth Gap in South Africa …

The Obscenity of the Wealth Gap in South Africa …

hardly surprising,
yet vulgar all the same,

feudal lords,
profiteers of colonial privilege,

amassing ever more,

while mothers give birth in cramped hospital corridors,

a mere stones throw away,

from mansions of polythene ostentation.

And still,

the struggles continue,

bread,
water,
jobs,
shelter,
health,

dignity,

for all compatriots,

of our work-in-progress rainbow nation …

The Hissing of Time …

1.

time hisses,
the threat perennial,

needling sounds
stowed away,
tucked-in,

silent …

2.

time hisses,
the threat perennial.

Time bides its time,

stowed away,
tucked-in,

silently knowing,

all that we shall all come to know,

in time …