Saturday, 30 July 2011

A Letter to the Diaspora


Oh … Yesterday
                        Hmm … Tomorrow
                                    Ah … Today

                        Dear Yesterday
                        Good evening and good night
                        My great great great…
                        Grandfather long dead
                        Might have sold
                        Your small small small…
                        Grandmother long dead
                        Good evening and good night
                                    Dear Tomorrow
                                    Good afternoon and thanks for calling
                                    Your mask of tainted glass
                                    Covers your intentions
                                    So that you don’t sweat
Like a real farmer
Holding world identity
Good afternoon and thanks for calling
            Dear today
            Good morning and welcome
            Sitting under this cotton tree with you
            Brings along whispers of plantations
            Come of age in songs of carnations
            With one hurdle to cross –
            Caricature
            Good morning and welcome

                        Oh … Yesterday
                                    Hmm … Tomorrow
                                                Ah … Today

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