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A
JOB FOR THE HANGMAN
by Roy
Kwabena
©
copyright Roi Kwabena
...now take your responsibility seriously....
;
hang with expediency
hang this legislation for its impropriety
hang the legacy of slavery an' indentureship
hang
high the ruling parasitic oligarchy
hang until dead the injustice of being
incarcerated
for two decades awaiting execution...
hang
the plan to abolish the privy council
hang
(sic) the plan to empower the sterile
legal
vultures of these plantation economies....
hang
the archaic state of prisons,
be
it trinidad, jamaica or grenada
hang
quickly the temptation to ignore
amnesty international...
hang
the truth up high that the issue
is
not only the death penalty but human rights...
accept
the reality that the causes of crime
must
be addressed
for
the homeless, poverty-stricken, naked an' hungry
cannot
be overlooked...
hang
the inability to protect the fishing industry...
execute
immediately the notion of nationals
(whether
trini or guyanese)
have the right to pollute the orinoco delta
with
their drug an' gun runnin' activity,,,
hang until dead this system of neo-colonialism
.....now
take your responsibility seriously....
then
we can begin to discuss
NATIONAL
UNITY.... |
OBEAH
MAN
by Roi Kwabena
©copyright
Roi Kwabena
i wish i was an obeah man
better than papa niza or even shadow
to light a big mauve candle and throw light on
evils throughout the 'global village'
i
wish i was a obeah man to write the wrongs
but not for a noble prize, only to feed
the hungry children an' poor people...
i wish i was a obeah man to enable sight through the lies
an' chase away the flies of broken promises
i
wish i was a obeah man
to decide an end to austerity measures
establish a 'real' world order
destroying racism..and political debauchery
i wish i was a obeah man
an' run foreign conglomerates
who exact profits
in a new wave of deception....
i wish i was a obeah man
to obliterate nepotism
while at the same time licking up drug barons
who pose as legitimate merchants
i wish i was an obeah man
to manifest and distribute spirit blows
as deals are secretly made
to devour the wealth of our people...
i wish i was an obeah man
to manifest de
over due national theatre
i wish i was an obeah man
and stabilize the T&T dollar
...depose the plantocracy
to empower the landless...
i
wish i was an obeah man
an' stop police brutality
i wish i was an obeah man
an wok some true- true obeah
but
it is difficult to be
an obeah practitioner
when even the patrons are fakes
while the deserving are chased
away by bureaucracy....
as
some very important people
seek me out
in the dead of night..... |