Beasts of many men
callous
cold
partner of death.

Beast of many men
callous
deadly
a wolf's brain.
Unfinished man.

Drugged she tried to escape
she died inside a fridge.
Callous man.

Beasts of many men
a barbarian's hand
a falcata blow.
Beasts of many men.

Mukela inhliziyo yami
nhliziyo buhlungu
iphathise okweqanda
uyishushuzele njengo sana
uyimbhathise okwe nkosi
ibhekise elangeni
okwa
bheki ilanga
ilanga lase hlobo

jabula ngoba isiphuzi
phuzi bo buhle

Nothing is any bodies fault
Its nature's fault lines

I stare straight right through my gaze
Listening to myself look
Space too deep to hear
I am listening to a future you will not see

Large number of people dead in server crash families of the expired
encouraged to reclaim their codes.
Messages to be sent as dreams to the dearly departed informing  them
of their accidental expiry.

We live in cycles of outrage
Internet bashing
Bully fiefdoms and cold sensations.
Nothing comes out of the outrage
it's all just another ******* to
this crazy age.

I see in you
I see in you
Aaaaaaaa

Maybe I feel in you
I feel in you………….

That.

That we are ok
Ok amidst it all.

I see in you
A way around it all

I see in you me
Me a few years earlier

Me when you were still walking
And I was already running

So much has changed

I see you in what has not changed in you

I see in you
What you must guard jealously

I see in you You
Take care of you
Keep your wings at your feet
Fly always across oceans that tango around each other
Feet in
Feet out
A step here
A big break there.

I see in you
All I have lost

What a great young lover you would make

I see in you
What I can never have now or again

I see in you
A lover I should not have
…should not stand on her veins.

I see you a lover
A lover I should usher on

my child
fear not
you know me
I am a sent by
the all the consuming
fire. Serve light.
no man has seen God
and lived. Fear not,
don't tremble like
Daniel or be
terrified like the
shepherds. attempt
to be of pure of heart.

he is having a adventure of a lifetime with every move he conjures
he is the soweto dancer
white supremacy on his throat and *****
he still moves
he's kept that secret space inside secret
no lynching of a thousand black bodies can untie his bond to his gas
he is of this earth
for he moves so seamlessly with it
he is the black dancer that has dazzled
time and time again
he is from brooklyn
ouaga
bahia
soweto
kingston
Marseilles
abuja
he is the black dancer
motion his breath
expression his concubine
juju his solemate
he is bojangles storyboard p pantsula
pantsula
pantsula

how did he move
what colour was his rage
why is that it's him that I  ask of
who is he who lays now side by side with trash
his shape and form lost in that hate fueled fire
body cooked in pieces
it's a friends foe who blew his brains out
it was no magnum - thats and fast quick
he blew him with a harmer
a few blows for good measure
proceeded to insert down his lovely heart
a sharp stainless steel dagger
a dagger that was a knife a moment ago
cutting finely through ginger and chilli
a meal he will never get to eat
He was of the clever type
he was my nephew
and he loved that we shared
a name and a few ways round the field
sure would have been nice to have known him more
he is a dead mystery now
lost to time
connected by space.
lala kahle mfana wam
umoya omubi ngeke uphumelele

We have to reclaim the best of ourselves
from the clutches of the worst of ourselves.

Ungangicingi kude ngimningi njengendlala yomuntu omnyama.
ngisabalele, ngibanzi ngijulile. Ungazibuzi ngami ngiyintandane
enomama no baba. Ungangabazi
yiqiniso uma uthi angisiyena umuntu.
Ungaxakwa ukubola kwami
ngikufunde kulabo esabapha
amandla okusipatha ngo nyaka ka 94
ngebhandi safunda imikhuba ngemikhuba kubo. Buka manje
sesi nje sesi nje.
Uthi ziyoqodiswa ubani lezigwegwe.
Ngithi akekho ngaphandle kwezi nsizwa, aboMnumzane bemizi (hhayi amasoka) kanye nama
Khehla wesemaZansi, sibambhisene noMveliqanga nezithunywa zakhe
zokukhanya. Khumbhula amagama
kaphuzi khemisi "Niyababona sebehlangane ngathi lababantu"
Isikhathi sokutshakadula siphelile
liyafa izwe, alingafi sibhekile silibele
amapiano nobufebe, nobuvila, nokubalisa.
Amen.

Living without our sense
and sensibilities
Surely now we are those Marauding gangs of no name
we so despised

“ ngeke nje thina sifana nalabo”

a farce sense of exceptionalism
high hopes and low blows
***** sniffing at every ****** hollow place in sordid bodies
unionist in their high carriages
The magic is gone
the saint was never here
The magic is gone
the saint had no rope
The magic is gone
South Africa you ****** little devil you
you lied to me
promised me cover

These few lines are no invocation of coming love
Its a song for the ******

Blah blah blah
Motivation this
Motivation that
Papa black sheep
Have you gone mad
Yes sir yes sir -  I fall for all suedo helpers.

It wasn’t me
I was still dead

When you thought you did not see me fall
It was because I hadn’t gotten here/ it was because  I was not here yet

I am back.
Black.
Glad.

Black dawn
odd doom
domkop
Sinyile
Kumnyama embusweni wenkawu
inkawu ayiboni lutho.

Ko ko ko
Bathi ithi come in
Mina ngithi round
Ngoba abekho abantu abadala.
Shiya umlayezo.

Boooom!
Yaqhum' iphasela
Ugogo engekho
Kwachitheka ubuchopho.
Basabalala ensimini
Kwamila ubulongwe
kwasha ubontshisi.
Sasala silambhile silembhethe.

Cozi Cozi yaphela

Ungathi Lol
ngisayo lola
Bese ngishaya isilolo
No need for isililo
Ngiphethe insimbhi ekhafula umlilo
Ungathi lo
Uma ulanda umlando ngami.
Ngiyi butho lika malandela
no Mandela anga dela.
Le bhari zama nija zithi
Delay is da

It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
Broken glass everywhere
People ******' on the stairs, you know they just don't care
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away but I couldn't get far
'Cause a man with a tow truck repossessed my car
Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under
Standin' on the front stoop hangin' out the window
Watchin' all the cars go by, roarin' as the breezes blow
Crazy lady, livin' in a bag
Eatin' outta garbage pails, used to be a *** hag…