Champagnes and Cocktails

We too have champagnes
champagnes against diseases
champagnes of dead drugs
things dangerous but fit somehow
probably for a slow something

We too have cocktails in plenty
cocktails of dead body covers
cocktails of dead shirts, shoes, bras
dead, buried, resurrected for us
probably for a slow something

Champagnes, cocktails 
fake, duplicate, cheap for charities
second hand, third hand, last hand
all stretch their legs towards  Africa
probably for a slow something

How can the originals be here?
industries driven underground
all roads point towards somewhere
all railways run towards somewhere
all telephones ring via somewhere

Things undesirably desirable
with foreign ghosts hovering
pile up as champagnes, cocktails
here in the land of Africa
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Chamatete  Avatar
April 2, 2017 at 5:33 AM
I love your love for africa.
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