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kayjatta
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 Posted - 27 Nov 2009 : 11:42:28
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BEASTS OF BURDEN:
BY KAYJATTA:
Landless; proletarians
Exploited
Their fertile braun and loin
Plowed back
Back to the land, they said
A slow wasting of muscle and mind
His back hurts
He has no shirt
His feet is sore
He wears no shoes
Beasts of burden
On Kanilai's kulaks
Tropical Siberia
Matching to the order
Of the great leader
The clarion call of back to the land
Beasts of burden
Have no land to their names
And they proudly beat their trunk, sun-baked
To the concentration camp
Across the country and beyond
They matched
Men of some strange mutation
Gifted men with high foreheads
Kneel on the land, spawned and orgasmed
Till the land, and bury their seeds
Since drowned on the way to Spain
His back hurts
His feet are sore
Beasts of burden
Their toil to be plowed back
And their sweat evaporates
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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Nov 2009 : 18:42:26
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| Kay your poem is very apt for it depicts the sad situation of our folks who for clear or unclear reasons get to work for the Shieck , an unpaid labour at that. It is very sad but then I want to say that people do have a choice not go, that is those not in service as it seems some of those who go there do so at the behest of their heads of service and refusing to respond might get them the sack, or does it save them at all? Hum ..... |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 30 Nov 2009 : 11:11:23
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| Thanks Kannibaa, you are absolutely correct... |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 30 Nov 2009 : 14:27:48
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| well said Kay, brillaint. |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
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kayjatta
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Posted - 01 Dec 2009 : 06:38:43
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| Thanks Santa, I think D.A Jawo's analysis of what he saw in the Gambia during his recent visit, as published on THE ECHO newspaper, is also supportive of our point here. |
Edited by - kayjatta on 01 Dec 2009 12:29:11 |
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Santanfara
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Posted - 01 Dec 2009 : 12:25:11
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| Quiet right Kay, DA captured the true hopelessness manifesting all over the place. |
Surah- Ar-Rum 30-22
"And among His signs is the creation of heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. verily, in that are indeed signs for men of sound knowledge." Qu'ran
www.suntoumana.blogspot.com |
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