notes on south africa ...continued

hermanus

kelp beds
waves harsh and soft
white breasted cormorants
a possible mongoose
tracks of a lynx
best not be barefoot
scorpions fiddling about
wave crashings muffle everything
and so they should
yet security is formost
and it shouldn’t be
many skeleton keys
to doors with skeletons
bars on windows
and armed response alarms
a rogue leopard searches for poodles


hermanus…continued

the surf is loud
but not loud enough
Africa cries
very few hear
I want to leave the door open
But can’t
Critters, ya know


hermanus…continued

I’ve yet to see their art express anger and pain
is there still fear of reprisal?
they have yet to learn
how to piss at the wind
art is weaponry
art is armament
art is first strike
art is retaliation
it can be censored
it cannot be quelled
yet this release I cannot find
how do they vent their rage?
how can I vent mine?


hermanus…continued

the land is old
the people are generational fixed
the democracy is young and fragile
apartheid destroyed much
it anchored imbalance

south Africa strives for symmetry
but will trickle down rule
of all I see inequitable
are we any different?
who are we to judge?

the weakest component is still the weakest link
and still defines the limitations of true greatness
without symmetry too many doors are open
for strife

this exploitation is irresponsible behavior
for anyone who calls themselves
a leader