“first they came for the _____” ( Mr. Trump, fill in the blanks )
_______________
then they came for the. ______________
( fill in the blanks, Mr. Trump )
be careful,
the extremists appear to be on the ascendancy,
the brutal murderers of daesh and the neonazi drivel of trump,
so be careful: guard your mind,
never forget,
remember,
always,
always remember:
“first they came for the Communists …”*
* – Pastor Martin Niemoller
Pete's Banjo
Woody
double-helixed uBuntu.
these interwoven veins,
dna,
double-helixed,
microscopic,
binding us, all of us,
together, as one,
species, one race,
human,
me & you
us,
all,
through
this common
shared
truth:
‘I am because you are’*
all of us
together
as one
me & you = uBuntu*
* – uBuntu is an isiXhosa/isiZulu concept that espouses the “belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”
why do tears fall from broken eyes
in blinding times of the lies of the wise
when spurious tongues dribble and drool
deeply enmeshed in the cesspool
of me myself and i …
when hunger is leased
venom slips through unleashed
me myself and i
as the scavenging resumes
its shutup
and its buy-bye…
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