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The outsiders bid farewell to you Little-London, Fire on your pasture forces them to flee To sweet home, home sweet home They all come to you for different reasons, And with different intentions, You lure them all, The cruel and the kind, The hardworking and the lazy, The educated; and even the illiterate, You ****** them all They try to calibrate themselves to your society, Your culture, Your dressing, And language, They make homes away from home, Mingle and fit in Where you do not want them, Like an uninvited jilted maiden At an ex-lover’s wedding anniversary They receive privileges forbidden them, They are a wandering flock Grazing on forbidden pasture, Breathing the air Meant for your flock, They are the alleged cause Of your own follies; Of climate change, Of children skipping school, Of the highest rates of divorce, Of the highest rates of early, unplanned pregnancies, Of the highest levels drug abuse among teenagers; And of abortion, Of the highest crime rates, Of unemployment, Of the infamous strikes and demonstrations That result in blood being shed, Of power cuts, Of guns in schools, Of the..! There is a lisp in the outsiders’ assumed calibration, It sets them far apart from your flock, It is a tattoo on the forehead; It identifies them, And they stand out as aliens, to be condemned, To die in the most excruciatingly evil way: Death by fire, by knife; and by stone, More painful than pain, Your flock set fire on your green pasture To burn the outsiders, With a flame so vehement the whole world has eyes upon you, Lovely Little-London, were your pastures green Would they burn so vehemently? Beautiful Little-London The cure for the chaos in you is not chaos, The solution to the gangrene on your heart Is not infliction of pain on guilty innocent outsiders, But look deep into yourself With an unblinking eye, Have you been faithful to yourself; And to THE MOST HIGH?
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Oct 29, 2015
Oct 29, 2015 at 7:21 AM UTC
FIRE ON GREEN PASTURE
The outsiders bid farewell to you Little-London, Fire on your pasture forces them to flee To sweet home, home sweet home They all come to you for different reasons, And with different intentions, You lure them all, The cruel and the kind, The hardworking and the lazy, The educated; and even the illiterate, You ****** them all They try to calibrate themselves to your society, Your culture, Your dressing, And language, They make homes away from home, Mingle and fit in Where you do not want them, Like an uninvited jilted maiden At an ex-lover’s wedding anniversary They receive privileges forbidden them, They are a wandering flock Grazing on forbidden pasture, Breathing the air Meant for your flock, They are the alleged cause Of your own follies; Of climate change, Of children skipping school, Of the highest rates of divorce, Of the highest rates of early, unplanned pregnancies, Of the highest levels drug abuse among teenagers; And of abortion, Of the highest crime rates, Of unemployment, Of the infamous strikes and demonstrations That result in blood being shed, Of power cuts, Of guns in schools, Of the..! There is a lisp in the outsiders’ assumed calibration, It sets them far apart from your flock, It is a tattoo on the forehead; It identifies them, And they stand out as aliens, to be condemned, To die in the most excruciatingly evil way: Death by fire, by knife; and by stone, More painful than pain, Your flock set fire on your green pasture To burn the outsiders, With a flame so vehement the whole world has eyes upon you, Lovely Little-London, were your pastures green Would they burn so vehemently? Beautiful Little-London The cure for the chaos in you is not chaos, The solution to the gangrene on your heart Is not infliction of pain on guilty innocent outsiders, But look deep into yourself With an unblinking eye, Have you been faithful to yourself; And to THE MOST HIGH?
(THIS POEM WAS CALLED FORTH BY THE ATTACKS ON BLACK FOREIGNERS-XENOPHOBIA-IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. REFERENCE TO “LITTLE-LONDON” HERE IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO HOW SOME PEOPLE FROM OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES REFER TO CITIES LIKE JOHANNESBURG AS “LITTLE-LONDON”s)
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Oct 29, 2015
Oct 29, 2015 at 7:21 AM UTC
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