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Friday 5 December 2014

Tell me more

Listen to our pleas
said anguished hearts

tell us
of the time of the ages
when men were children to their sons
and everyone was mad with the Sun
when the earth was full of mischief
and everybody claimed to be chief

tell us
of the happenings of old!
our tender heart seeks knowledge


tell us
of the existence of man-eaters
who are now man-haters
when they sat still in silence
expected men to clumber up
gave them seeds of discord…
and waited scornfully for the tree of unity

oh! What a world you once knew
when the dead came to be new
and the living went on a journey
as pilgrims on a pilgrimage with faces so grim
only to return with sorrow filled to the brim

tell us
of the time when women feed their infants
in agony, uncertain of their future
and babies grew to misbehaving miscreants
developed into our fabled caricature
the karma of our dreams born premature

tell us
of homo habilis who searched for the Golden Fleece
in every manner of ease
never keen to work and toil
yet desperate to enjoy

tell us
of that which you know nothing about
and every step towards it a bout –
the future!


Please tell us more!

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