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Dis Poem
dis poem
shall speak of the wretched sea
that washed ships to these shores
of mothers crying for their young
swallowed up by the sea
dis poem shall say nothing new
dis poem shall speak of time
time unlimited
time undefined
dis poem shall call names
names like
lumumba
kenyatta
nkrumah
hannibal
akenaton
malcolm
garvey
haile selassie
dis poem is vex
about apartheid
racism
fascism
the klu klux klan
riots in brixton
atlanta
jim jones
dis poem is revoltin against
first world
second world
third world
division
manmade decision
dis poem is like all the rest
dis poem will not be amongst great literary works
will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts
will not be quoted by politicians
nor men of religion
dis poem is knives...bombs...guns...
blazing for freedom
yes dis poem is a drum
ashanti
mau mau
ibo
yoruba
niahbingi warriors
uhuru...uhuru
namibia uhuru
uhuru, Soweto
uhuru
afrika!
dis poem will not change things
dis poem needs to be changed
dis poem is the rebirth of a people arising...
awaking...overstanding
...dis poem speak
is speaking...has spoken
dis poem shall continue
even when poets have stopped writing
dis poem shall survive...u...me
it shall linger in history
in your mind
in time...
forever
dis poem is time
only time will tell
dis poem is still not written
dis poem has no poet
dis poem is just a part of the story his-story...
her-story...our-story
the story still untold
dis poem is now ringing...talking
irritatin
making u want to stop it
but dis poem will not stop
dis poem is long
cannot be short
dis poem cannot be tamed
cannot be blamed
the story is still not told about dis poem
dis poem is old
new
dis poem is copied from
the bible
your prayer book
Playboy magazines
the new york times
readers digest
the c.i.a. files
the k.g.b. files
dis poem is no secret
dis poem shall be called
boring
stupid
senselessness
dis poem is watchin u
tryin' to make sense from dis poem
dis poem is messing up your brains
making you want to stop listenin to dis poem
but you shall not stop listenin to dis poem
you need to know what will be said next in dis poem
dis poem shall disappoint u because...
dis poem is to be continued
in your mind...
in your mind...
in your mind...
Credits
Mutabaruka

Mutabaruka

About “Dis Poem” by Mutabaruka

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"Dis Poem" appears on "The Ultimate Collection".

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