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I forgive you my dear country And her ignoramuses To my televangelists who prophesy earthquakes And hellfire Instead of love and forgiveness So they steal from the poor To buy miracles from God; To my shopkeeper who doubles the price Of flour at will Even before Kidero completes his speech On taxes I forgive you all. I forgive you, brother For refusing my handshake Because I'm well-off than you As if being rich is a crime. I forgive you Mr Bossman For turning down my job application Though my only un-qualification Was I failed to belong to your clan. I forgive you my uncle back home For perpetually grabbing my farm Because I'm always in town Getting a life for myself When your sons are the chief's drones Who grab chickens from helpless widows And lynch witches in the village. I forgive you too my ambitious cousins For conning me when you promised To get me a job in your company Immediately I'm through with college. I forgive you Mr. Policeman For innocent incarceration Torture And hefty fines Though you know I was innocent. I forgive you Wamboi For eating my money Then running away with my children And half of my wealth. To my White brothers who think we still live in the bush with antelopes And harass us at their embassies And airports I forgive you too. Before you clone another virus to kill my people I forgive you. To all vagrants who rape our women And slash the throats of fellow Kenyans for money I forgive you all. To my bright law-makers in parliament I forgive you for your lies I know I will see you again in 2017 In brand new bank notes And brand new promises And I will still forgive you. To my colleagues fighting for recognition And job promotions And wishing me jobless I forgive you too Your're just victims of greed And selfishness. To my heads of state Sparking wars at will Puppets of neo-colonialism I forgive you too. It's not in my position to judge Or condemn you History will do that. Lastly I forgive myself For being too human And trusting too much.
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