Sorrowful Vengeance.

Motswala said revenge is not a good idea

it carries a hefty sentence

I carry that sentence

with a lengthy purpose

to make evil less intense

for the good without a cent

make a world without cents

or pences

let me not overextend

like the price of that brent

but then again

it’s not them who said,

“We agree with the price of bread.”

it is us instead

who hunt that that currency type bed

laid with fancy bedspreads

to afford that price of bread

we need to fix them

that fix the price of bread

Remember,

revenge s not a good idea,

it carries a hefty sentence.

I’d like to give Satan a hefty sentence

for disregarding his old man’s sentence

disbehaving like a spoilt brat

with no prospect

ziphathe gahle

o nga hluphi abanye abantwana

go a tshwana

le thima le re rata ka go tshwana

le bale ba Bophuthatswana

ba ne ba sokodisa Motswala

a kopa metsi, ba gana

ditsela di le Maratha

motlakasi e le taba

while they rode lifts to the tops of their towers

but revenge knows no dandelion flower

and we’ll give it no human power

for the world is already sour.

Thabiso Nkoana©2009