To the Cleaner

They sheared and washed until they uncovered clean rosy skin ‘That’s more like it now we don’t have to cope with the ultimate sin’ Being different was not acceptable but now the sheep shivered And the flock had been tainted before the firm rulers had delivered How deplorable that this unruly animal claims to be one of us A curse much worse than migration so this one is rather surplus ‘We hope it is not contagious because power remains to be white’ So they exhausted soap and even toilet cleaner to get this one right All this ‘black is beautiful’ such nonsense not on these pastures Maybe evil comes from the inside such is the reason for oils of castor Ammonia to the rescue applied with gloves and a hard wire brush That stinks more than the renegade creature who developed some thrush ‘Surely the gods sent guidance and providence to test our firmness To achieve sameness and cohesion for the good of the nation in earnest’ History pointed to extermination for pure race creed and untarnished blood What if sheep fall down and contaminate the soil when they roll in the mud What if it’s a trap because now the offender was naked and more prominent So they asked for a council of elders to reach a solution for agreeable consent By now they were fearful of repercussions and tried to cover up their actions Tarred and feathered the dissimilar bastard to revert to its original complexion But a legacy of marginalization power hegemony could not be removed so fast There must be heavenly purpose for keeping with conquest for good and at last It never dawned on the farmers hypocrites bigots and misled vulnerable peers That God might be a black women of beautiful colour and quite possibly ***** 10th July 2019