I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with lies
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
alibis
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
capitalist compromise
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
spiritual demise
I must apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
lonely lives
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with café
styles
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with I n
I
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
testosterone lines
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
white smiles
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
cerebral cries
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with the
colour of our eyes
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
session types
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
session types
I must
apologise
if some
never read these rhymes
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
while
music dies
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
penis rides
I must
apologise
if I’m to
keep up
with
Gemini
I must
apologise
if
poverty seeks wealth
in rand
mines
for
foreign whites
to be
buried alive
or shot
for their rights
I must
apologise
if
housing rights
are
placed aside
to
satisfy
politrick
pride
I must
apologise
if you
can get raped and murdered
at the
age of nine
Accept my
apology…
Thabiso
Nkoana©2012
i really like this poem! this could be a song too you know
ReplyDeletethank you kindly. well, if you're offering to set it to music, i'm giving you permission. again, thank you :)
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