Monday, October 13, 2008

NABII MUTABARUKA na DIS POEM.


DIS POEM

dis poemshall speak of the
dis poemshall speak of the wretched sea that washed ships to these shoresof mothers cryin for their youngswallowed up by the seadis poem shall say nothin newdis poem shall speak of timetime unlimited time undefineddis poem shall call namesnames like lumumba kenyatta nkrumahhannibal akenaton malcolm garveyhaile selassiedis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascismthe klu klux klan riots in brixton atlantajim jonesdis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world3rd world division man made decisiondis poem is like all the restdis poem will not be amongst great literary workswill not be recited by poetry enthusiastswill not be quoted by politicians nor men of religiondis poem s knives bombs guns blood fireblazin for freedomyes dis poem is a drumashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriorsuhuru uhuruuhuru namibiauhuru sowetouhuru afrikadis poem will not change thingsdis poem need to be changeddis poem is a rebirth of a peoplarizin awaking understandindis poem speak is speakin have spokendis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writindis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in historyin your mindin time foreverdis poem is time only time will telldis poem is still not writtendis poem has no poetdis poem is just a part of the storyhis-story her-story our-story the story still untolddis poem is now ringin talkin irritatinmakin u want to stop itbut dis poem will not stop dis poem is long cannot be shortdis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamedthe story is still not told about dis poemdis poem is old newdis poem was copied from the bible your prayer bookplayboy magazine the n.y. times readers digestthe c.i.a. files the k.g.b. filesdis poem is no secretdis poem shall be called boring stupid senselessdis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poemdis poem is messin up your brainsmakin u want to stop listenin to dis poembut u shall not stop listenin to dis poemu need to know what will be said next in dis poemdis poem shall disappoint ubecausedis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mindin your mind your mindwretched seathat washed ships to these shoresof mothers cryin for their youngswallowed up by the seadis poem shall say nothin newdis poem shall speak of timetime unlimited time undefineddis poem shall call namesnames like lumumba kenyatta nkrumahhannibal akenaton malcolm garveyhaile selassiedis poem is vexed about apartheid rascism fascismthe klu klux klan riots in brixton atlantajim jonesdis poem is revoltin against 1st world 2nd world3rd world division man made decisiondis poem is like all the restdis poem will not be amongst great literary workswill not be recited by poetry enthusiastswill not be quoted by politicians nor men of religiondis poem s knives bombs guns blood fireblazin for freedomyes dis poem is a drumashanti mau mau ibo yoruba nyahbingi warriorsuhuru uhuruuhuru namibiauhuru sowetouhuru afrikadis poem will not change thingsdis poem need to be changeddis poem is a rebirth of a peoplarizin awaking understandindis poem speak is speakin have spokendis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writindis poem shall survive u me it shall linger in historyin your mindin time foreverdis poem is time only time will telldis poem is still not writtendis poem has no poetdis poem is just a part of the storyhis-story her-story our-story the story still untolddis poem is now ringin talkin irritatinmakin u want to stop itbut dis poem will not stop dis poem is long cannot be shortdis poem cannot be tamed cannot be blamedthe story is still not told about dis poemdis poem is old newdis poem was copied from the bible your prayer bookplayboy magazine the n.y. times readers digestthe c.i.a. files the k.g.b. filesdis poem is no secretdis poem shall be called boring stupid senselessdis poem is watchin u tryin to make sense from dis poemdis poem is messin up your brainsmakin u want to stop listenin to dis poembut u shall not stop listenin to dis poemu need to know what will be said next in dis poemdis poem shall disappoint ubecausedis poem is to be continued in your mind in your mindin your mind your mind

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

tis true...the poem always continues in the mind...at least in mine.