Freedom Slam Poems

My father was exceedingly
intelligent and well versed
and worldly wise

Despite and inspite of his
humble working class beginnings
and lack of formal education

He used to say education and
common...

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If you ask and expect of me
to do your bidding for you

And i intern cannot expect
you to provide me with
an alibi

If caught out and was...

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When the definition of Democracy

Comes negated at both the cost
and price of freedom of speech

And being told what we can and
can not say or do

That...

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Put up for Auction

Online sale

1 kite like ballon

No strings attached

Currently orbiting way on high

Floating like a helium butterfly

Come back
Come back

Down to earth for i have
sold...

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Throw the sand at the eyes 
make the pebbles hit the face 
if stones don't make them realise 
boulders make them run at pace 

Twigs...

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We war with impunity

And weaponise such things as the 
beauty of flowers

And all for what ?

When come today we have to guard the statues and...

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I can'T breathe

John Vorster Square
Steve "Bantu" Biko 

Many a freedom fighter

Paid the ultimate price and
died in police custody

But all poor

George Floyd

Seemed to be fighting for

Was

AIR

The...

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I want to buy a racehorse
So i can name it

I want to have some money left
The day after i have been paid

I want to be...

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She lost her brain long ago
Sanity vanished along with the ghost of time
Calloused bones reach from the ground
No sound 
Just shallow breath
That breathes
And snarls a...

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Dancing to Sisqo 
like a dad at a disco
that ain’t the diss though
you’re a straight up pissed ho
handbag on the dance floor 
where your sandbag...

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Some dude from
     vinyl city revs engine
     of his dirt bike to the max
   ...

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Slam poetry evening 
Offended 
Leave now
In fact why have you come
If this is not for you
Or do you 2 wish to slam
And are here looking...

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According to the dictates of Suzy Berlinsky, 
a Hello Poetry sibilant chargé d'affaires 
female equivalent, sans Grand Poobah
aye surmise she deems my preference 

favoring lower...

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I've lamented my own existence for years
Evidenced by my tears and fears
I gave a damn too much what other people thought
Wondering in me what they...

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I dreamt of the day that I could see colors.
To grasp the sublimity of color schemes, 
To teleport into the colors of dreams
Oh, how colorful...

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