Gate Crashing
Half your time spent
stuffing bags in the ceiling
but the face of corruption
is surprisingly appealing
I remember asking;
Who has the keys to this
cash gate
The one the finances the
cashier and his fat date
the one that keeps the
orphan clinging to his
round plate
for him days are a blur, he
can’t remember when he
last ate
so who really has the
keys, the keys to this
cash gate
you think you know who,
are you sure?
This same one that
separates the rich and the
poor
I saw a crowd the other
day;
They were stuffed in a
lorry
Ecstatic and jolly
I heard them scream
Amayi.
and I thought slowly;
who had they seen
Madonna perhaps or
Angelina Jolie
Come to rescue another
orphan, they deem is
treated poorly.
Then I thought again,
Why do they refer to her
as Amayi,
Why didn’t they refer to
the late one as Abambo.
Declining Malawian
mindsets are doing
nothing but falling
and Frankly its appalling.
Copyright © Chikumbutso Muyepa | Year Posted 2014
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