The Chinese Are Coming

The Chinese (told to me by a South African)

They are all over Arica now building houses,
Railways and roads using their workers
There is little work for the local population.
If you take a train in Africa, there are many graves
By the embankment, of Chinese workers who
Died there they even haven’t got a name.
The Chinese buy-up farmland products are sent
To chine to feed the population there and the locals
Are starving.
Chine is not about individuals but the plurality
Like a locust swarm leaving the land bare and now
They are building a road the goes to Europe: and on
The way they buy farmland it until the last plant
 and leaves behind devastation.
So, look out what is coming your way.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Na Avatar
December 15, 2019 at 4:03 AM
Hi Jan they are all over in the United States too. Thanks for sharing the poem
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December 15, 2019 at 10:27 AM
thank you, Gregory Paul
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