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Can someone forward this poem to our leaders? by stansaintly(m): 4:52pm On Mar 03, 2016 |
Ambassadors of poverty are The corrupt masters of the economy With their head abroad And anus at home Patriots in reverse order Determined merchants of loot Who boost the economy of the colonial order To impoverish brothers and sisters at home Ambassadors of poverty are The saviours of the people Office loafers in the guise of workers Barons of incompetence With kleptomaniac fingers And suckling filaments Position occupants and enemies of service Locked in corrosive war of corruption With their people’s treasury And killing their future Ambassadors of poverty are The dubious-sit tight patriots’ Frustrating the corporate will of their followers The beleaguered, hungry and famished Owners of the land People, priced out of their conscience and power Incapacitated by tier destitution Unable to withstand the temptation Of crispy mind and food aroma Ambassadors of poverty are The political elite In air conditioned chambers And exotic cars With tearful stories of rip-off Tucked away from Their impoverished constituencies Lying prostrate With death traps for roads Mud for water, candle for light Underneath trees for schools Rats for protein Fasting as food And alibi as governance Ambassadors of poverty are The rancorous elite In battle of supremacy For the control of power And their peoples’ wealth Moving down their own With white man’s machine Oiled by the prosperity of black patronage Counterpoised by deprivations As the corpses of the able bodies men Women and children lie un-mourned In shallow graves In their fallow farmlands Long abandoned Ambassadors of poverty are The round of trippers, The elusive importers Of unseen goods and services Sand inclusive Who trip the economy down By tricking from B For harvest of dollars as import When their people see neither money nor food Ambassadors of poverty are The able-bodied men on the streets Without motive, without vision, without mission Men fit for the farms But glued to the city Hungry and desperate Constituting willing tools in the hands of political overlords For mission of vendetta Against political foes In their fight for power Ambassadors of poverty are Those whose actions and in-action Reduce their people’s expectations to nothingness Those whose antecedents Have lost the spark to inspire While their people lie in surrender Having been defeated by poverty Ambassadors of poverty are All of us whose in-actions Steal our collective job Because of what we should do Which we never do As we bargain away Our conscience in the marketplace Under the weight of poverty To assuage our hunger And our master’s will.
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Re: Can someone forward this poem to our leaders? by chocolateme(f): 4:54pm On Mar 03, 2016 |
Ok |
Re: Can someone forward this poem to our leaders? by PMBisaterrorist(f): 5:09pm On Mar 03, 2016 |
Ok |
Re: Can someone forward this poem to our leaders? by PrivateInvestig: 5:13pm On Mar 03, 2016 |
Very poor write up, no rhyme or reason |
Re: Can someone forward this poem to our leaders? by stansaintly(m): 5:16pm On Mar 03, 2016 |
PrivateInvestig: Really? I can't believe that the poem made no meaning to you |
Re: Can someone forward this poem to our leaders? by stansaintly(m): 5:22pm On Mar 03, 2016 |
Hope the pictures conveyed striking messages? if the poem didn't, I'm sure the pictures will if you have a close look at them once more |
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