Do Not Leave My Carcass In the City
Do not leave my carcass in the city,
Bury me whole by my grandfather’s side.
Let me repose far from the vanity.
The skyscrapers offer no charity,
and people stay indifferent to plight.
Do not leave my carcass in the city.
There are no modest pledges of fealty
to the men who seek to live by the light.
Let me repose far from the vanity.
I claim no virtue nor feign purity
but I am improved where mother resides.
Do not leave my carcass in the city.
Though decent men are not without pity
The noise alone will swallow them alright.
Let me repose far from the vanity.
Then, my home, forgive my own vanity
and absence-put my remains well and right.
Do not leave my carcass in the city
Let me repose far from the vanity.
Copyright © Bantu West | Year Posted 2023
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