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It is time for reckoning Africa
time for taking stock
never mind New York, America -
it’s ours; is here, and running short
too long we have dragged
our slippered feet
through rank disorder
incompetence, self-defeat
in the high capitals
the angry men; angry
with dust in their heads
a dagger at each other’s throat
‘Maudors’ sit on wicker thrones
ghosted by White ants
a hundred Marabus at hand
living on the fat of the land
all threatening coups
and claiming vast receipt
like winsome children
feeding on mother’s milk
The seats of government
levelled at the dice
they get the most
who tell the biggest lies
while honest men stand
waiting at the door
or rot in prison cells,
the vultures feed on sturgeon’s eggs.
The riot squads
parade the avenues
like lion prides
testing their sinews
and every trembling heart
retires as evening falls
crushed by the weight of hours
till daylight comes
oh country of great hopes
and boundless possibilities
will the seed grain
perish forever
will rivers run
endlessly with blood,
saints resort to massacre
and all your harvests burn?
will no one see
no sign instruct
till Noah’s ark
comes sailing in on the flood?
between Alpha and Omega
is now, Africa
this is the lost time
and future time, Africa
In this all revolutions end
and the straight path
from world to better world
branded across the sky.
Poem by Lenrie Peters