Wednesday, September 20, 2006

My Friend My Enemy

Read at Radio Univers, UG.

And why the rich remain rich
and the poor poor
is no mystery

For there is no shrouded risk
beyond the poor’s reach
that the rich may leave ajar their door
that destitutes may dwell
to feast together in one bowl

But they rather feast in the poor’s blood
and leave the poor smiling with death in the casket
they kill their veiled hope
and they still have no sanctuary
than their own friend-enemy
who think them
as a chest piece
of no imagination, intelligence, belief
the rich indeed.