Tuesday, 29 April 2014

Turpitude.






Draconian Alliances buy blackface
with straight hair wrapped in patronising doeks
Another Nation Corrupted
by bald heads rested on impudent, gold threaded pillows
Out of the question!
Freedom Friends fight fiercely for forgotten faces in fancy footwear
while a Congress Of The People bickers over two old faces
 Definitely not!
Azanian People are yet to Move Pan African Consciousness
Prospects are dimming.
Yet still, I shall play along.

Forced to compare and contrast a twin with his twin, More or Less Evil
Less Evil looks and sounds like my elders
he knows my people’s poverty pain
and visits them in times of his need
sitting uncomfortably in their third hand chairs
shaking his head at their third class structure systems
swearing to solve their third world problems
in his first world suit with his zero world ideals
and as miraculously as he appeared
his golden carriage recedes from view
More Evil cannot speak my tongue
he intellectualises and politicises slavery
and breaks bread with slaves in times of his need
capering awkwardly to third world rhythms
moving about freely in third class spaces
committing to eradicate their third hand administration advisors    
in his first world language with his zero world ethics
and as brazenly as he mingled
he retreats to his coconut fields
Yet still, I shall play along.
Meanwhile a young woman seeks attention
from the pocket of Less Evil’s comrade
she blondes her accent and fakes her hair
she claims to be attracted to maturity
despite full knowledge of her trophy status
she can never admit to herself
the low level of her irreplaceability
she is one in a million
a five star hotel for five star colognes to leave their five star marks
in her five star womb
now Less Evil’s comrade has suspensions to lift
and apologies for flashlight conferences
all because that bitch couldn’t keep her mouth shut
she’s that one star motel with a third world citizen to raise
at third class rates
Yet still, I shall play along.
As a young third hand man seeks validation
from possessions and marketing suggestions
he sits in five star eateries
with his five star gadgets displayed
to entice the young five star women of his two star dreams
all along ingratiating himself with More Evil
speaking five star dialects to one star minds
but he will never be called out
he is a five star man in a five star lifeway
governed by the five star rules of five star men
Yet still, I shall play along
I will be scanned and queued to express some kind of view
I am, after all, a simple number
existing simply to confirm the existence of this game
Yet still, I shall play along.


Thabiso Nkoana©29.4.2014

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