By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, UJuni 14, 2020
UKUDLULELA IIDEMONI I
Idemokhrasi ayiphilisi i-syphilis yocalucalulo Ayiphilanga ihepatitis yobuhlanga
Sisiko labalawulwa ukuba balawule
nangona bahlala belawulwa
Idemokhrasi, igama ledemokrasi eyonakalisiweyo efundisiweyo, ifonti yebhulethini
utyikityo lokuvota
ukugquma kwesithsaba
Amathumbu abilayo egazi eDarfur
Darfur uyamunca uNagasaki
Igazi elambathisa amatye aqinileyo eCongo
ECongo ugoba iBaghdad
Ndlala amabele abukela amanyala eSomalia
Abaphathiswa belenga izisu
Izibongo ezisasazeke kwiindawo zokulala kunye neeghettos
Amagama axhonywa phakathi kwebhulethi kunye nevoti
Igrama ifakwe iziphumlisi phakathi kwesilogeni kunye nesiqhulo
Idemokhrasi i-oxymoron ye-machate ka-Abacha kunye neMaliba
Hyperbole yeGuananamo bay kunye neRobin Island
UKUDLULA IIMDIMONI II
IDemokhrasi
Inkululeko efunyenwe kumathumbu ocalucalulo
Ilifa elithwele usizi ukusukela okoko kwantshontsho lweenkenenkene
kunye nokukhonkotha izinja
IMonrovia egqobhozayo yegazi ngeenkolelo
yokuvunwa kwegazi
I-Crocodiles ihamba kwimpuma yeendawo zentuthuzelo kwezopolitiko
Afghan ngentliziyo itshisa inkululeko
Iibhabo zihleka ezinye iimfene kumahlathi ezopolitiko
Abezobupolitika batyhoboza ubuhlwempu phantsi kweenyawo zabo
Ukupholisa izitrato kunye ne-glitz yeerobhothi kunye nokuthetha okuhle kwemvula.
