Ibhalwe ngu-Stan Levin, World BEYOND War, November 17, 2022
Lalela ndodana.
Ungomunye wabadlali banamuhla
ku-chessboard,
nomqashi ohlezi ngaphesheya kwakho
umpetha wechess.
Akayena umngani wakho ndodana.
Ukwazi kangcono kunokuba uzazi wena.
Uyazi nge-testosterone,
Uyazi ngokungavuthwa, kanye ne-naiveté
wezingane ezinjengawe.
Uthembele ezinhlelweni zakhe
ukuhlola ukungalungi kwakho.
Lolu akulona usuku lwakhe lokuqala...
Kodwa ingeyakho, futhi iyinhlekelele okudingeka ucabange ngayo kanzima.
Kunzima kunangaphambili.
Akakuthakaseleli okuhle enhliziyweni,
Kodwa ngiyakwenza ....
Lalelisisa ukuthi uyini umqaphi hhayi ethi.
Ungafisi isifuba samaribhoni nezindondo.
Uyawenza umsebenzi wakhe,
futhi nginxusa izinzwa zenu zokuhle nokubi
ukunqoba.
Umqashwa unomsebenzi,
unomkhiqizo,
unomsebenzi,
unomsebenzi wakhe.
Ungakwenzi, ndodana.
Unempilo.
Sisuka siye endaweni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngaleya,
Manje, ubani
ekuqaleni kwempilo yakhe
ngeke kuwajabulisile amazwi aphakamisa ukushaya kwenhliziyo, okufana nalokhu?
Kuya Ndawana thize Phezu Kothingo
kuya Laphaya, Laphaya,
lapho inkazimulo ihlala khona,
negazi elingenacala liyashisa
Ukhuphukela phezulu, elangeni,
Indlela engase ilahlekise impilo yakho,
ngokusobala akacatshangelwa ngombhali wengoma,
engabaza iziqinisekiso zakhe.
Nakhu beza besondeza ukuhlangana nokuduma kwethu,
Uh - O
Bafana, Banike isibhamu!
Qaphela.
Isitha sakho,
ingane yomunye umama,
uzophendula ngolunye uhlobo,
inhloso kabani
okwamanje,
ukukubulala.
Futhi uzothola, uma usinde ku-duel,
ukuthi awuyena uJohn Wayne ...
futhi lena akuyona isethi ye-MGM….
Noma Disneyland, noma
Siyacwila phansi, sikhanyisa ilangabi lethu ngaphansi,
Yeka ukuthi kujabulisa kanjani ukucabanga lokho!
I-roller coaster yangasese,
ithuluzi lokufa elisezingeni eliphezulu,
ukunyakaza okungenamkhawulo kuzo zonke izindiza nobukhulu .
Futhi wena, iqhawe esakhiwa,
ophethe,
ongaphenduleki kumuntu.
Kuyayenga kakhulu.
Siyazi.
Qeda ngokubhonga kwe-heckuva eyodwa!
Izingane zithanda ukuhlangana okunomsindo,
cishe yonke into ingumdlalo ezinganeni.
Umqashi uthembele kuwe, ndodana.
I-Military-Industrial-Complex ithembele kuwe, ndodana.
Uhulumeni ozenzisa utheleleke ngawe.
Abekho abakhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi lokhu kuphetha kanjani kuwe.
Abaningi bethu, abanayo ubekhona, bakhathazeke kakhulu.
Siphila ngodumo, noma sehla elangabini,
Ifantasy yodumo, inkohliso, emangalisayo,
kuthuthukisa ukuziqhenya kwakho,
umuzwa wakho wokushisekela izwe,
nokuba sengozini kwakho, futhi.
Ingxenye yomlilo ....
hhayi kakhulu ... futhi akukho nkazimulo.
Sawubona! Akukho okuzomisa i-US Air Force!
Akulona iqiniso, thatha…. Qaphela ukuthi ungasizi ekuyengeni wena.
Kunezinto ezingcono ongazenza ngempilo yakho,
kunokuba uyinikele ku-siren call.
Abaningi bangakufakazela lokhu!
UStan Levin ungumakadebona Wezempi YaseKorea, USN 1950-1954, futhi eyilungu elisebenzayo leSan Diego isahluko AmaVeterans for Peace.
