Tag Archive: freedom of speech
1.
when rancid racism strikes,
in cocooned fungal minds, narrow, superficially deep,
an insidious venom begins to seep,
into the consciousness of the chattering ones as they sleep.
2.
beliefs held so true, so deep,
stripped of feeling,
empty, hollow, feigned, designed, branded compassion,
feeds conceit in chests swollen with righteous passion.
3.
the racism once firmly entrenched,
enveloping all, a comforting shawl,
needs little to fester, to mutate,
into doctrines of superiority, bigotry, hate.
4.
are we guilty of succumbing to this virulent plague?
sipping martinis, shovelling more, always more onto heaving plates,
falling, slipping into inebriated moments, without care,
as the stench of hate, prejudice, racism,
floats in the evening air.
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Amandla!
The Struggles Continue … … …
Comrade Chris Hani
dawn breaking.
1.
willowy brushstrokes
conjured sketches
painted
etched
embossed
hewn between forgotten morns
waking
splintering
straining
against another
ceaseless
relentless
endless
empty
vacuumed
abyss
of
night.
2.
and
still
still
hope blazes
bright
radiant
smiling
though
measured
disciplined
while
embracing
enveloping
and always
always
surrendering to the eternal promise
raging
hungering
aching
that promise of a new dawn breaking …
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