Venice masks

Thursday 9 May 2024

Policemen - Mvula Ya Nangolo

Looking at me
That way
My baas?’
Your eyes
Rapid fireworks
Of hate?
What thoughts are drifting
Like death
In your imprisoned mind?
Now that you’ve arrested me
What charges are you scheming?
Your laws
Embracing
My entire existence
For it’s mistakenly
An offence
To be Black and Human

Mvula Ya Nangolo (1943 - 2019) Namibia
Source: Nourishing the Land of the Brave: A Critical Analysis of Mvula Ya Nangolo’s Anthology of Poems, By Julia N. N. N. Ndamanomhata, MA Thesis, Namibia University of Science and Technology

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