By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, Lulai 31, 2020
KAUKI POILOHA
ʻO kāna mau kaona ʻona o ka wīwī i hune i nā wahine ma Liberia.
ʻO kāna mau hōʻailona e pili ana i nā pōpoki make i ka lae o Gambia
ʻO kāna kaona e pili ana i ke kūʻokoʻa e hoʻopōlohelohe ʻia i loko o ka uwē ʻana ma Nigeria
ʻO kāna kani ʻana i ka ʻilihune i kāʻili ʻia i ka umauma o nā makuahine ma Eritrea
ʻO kāna pīhoihoi o ka pōloli i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā keiki ma ʻAitiopa
ʻO kāna eho he kaua no ke ʻano o nā keiki makua e ʻoka nei no ka waiwai a me ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā lūlū o Somalia
ʻO kaʻu mea ʻeha hōʻeha
ʻO kāna hui ʻana, ʻo ka uwē ʻana o nā lāhui o Libya
ʻO kona leo ke ʻoki nei i nā ʻōpū o nā waihona i Namibia
ʻO kona pōʻino e pili ana i nā paikia huehue e pulu ana i nā mea ʻino i nā alanui o Zambia
ʻO nā ʻanepona me nā machetes e ʻoki ana i nā ʻōpū o nā awāwa o Katanga
ʻO kona mau similes he mau pā pali o ke koko i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma Tanzania
ʻO kona mau ʻōlala āpau he nui a me nā mea ʻalaʻoni ma Rwandan corridors
ʻO kona noho nui ʻana he poʻe kahu hipa a me nā ʻohana ma Burundian drive
ʻO kaʻu mea ʻeha hōʻeha
ʻO kāna paona kekahi o nā pāheʻe apartheid ma ʻApelika Hema
ʻO kāna ʻākana wale nō ka uē ʻana o ka Povo ma Zimbabwe
O kona kaona kaona ana o na kauhale ma Mozambique
ʻO kāna mea i hoʻohālikelike ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kalepa a me nā riles ma Angola
ʻO kāna epitaph ka make o nā moʻomeheu ma Algeria
ʻO kaʻu puʻuwai hōʻeha hōʻeha a ʻaʻole ia i nani
