From Deep Inside
I don't know, I just sat there, in manacles
While the warden's assistant worked the tentacles
Cold as a dog's nose, shivering
My back bare against the stone wall
Of a system that drew pleasure from stonewalling
I don't know why nobody else noticed it
But from where I sat I could see everything
They had no case against me and they knew it
But they kept buying time to try and break me
Their law said nothing about refusal to toyi-toyi
I had been consistent in my daily routine
Denying them the satisfaction
I ate everything the jail provided
Sadza and salt, with a glass of undiluted urea
And of course a daily dose of torture
For information they all knew I did not have
The warden's people watching and smiling
As if they had an idea what I was in for
Today I got another of those visitors
Tomorrow I might just cook up a story
I don't know, just to catch a break from this
But then who's to say what will come next?
Copyright © Kenny Gwena | Year Posted 2017
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