Necklaces

crime begets crime

inhumanity
seethes
towards
hapless
victim

petty theft

begets
stoning
begets
forced
petroleum
ingestion
begets
confinement
within
rubberised
tread
begets
ignition
of flaming
anger
begets
seething
mass
begets
inhumanity
pointing
laughing
dancing
encircling

petty thief
roasted
alive

 

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Born in the Purple

conjugal rights,

the great leveller,

negated when

purple-robed prince

swore allegiance

to his wife

and queen who,

resplendent in the

Robe of Purple Velvet,

forevermore  walks

t

   w

       o

            paces

                 ahead
of him.

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Old African Elephant

vultures

hover

circle

hover

assessing

life span of

breathless

bull elephant

clinging to

tenuous life

release

looms

closer

closer

distressed

hyenas

giggle

nervously

as matriarchal

herds approach,

close ranks,

protectively

shielding

proud old bull

vultures

hover

hyenas

giggle

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Metaphor written, with love and respect, about Dr Nelson Mandela - Madiba - when the media camped outside Milpark Hospital after he was admitted during the week of 28 January 2011.  Viva Madiba Viva.

In African fables the elephant is always the wise chief who impartially settles disputes among the forest creatures....  In the African fables, the elephant is usually described as too kind and noble, so that he feels pity even for a wicked character ...The Ashanti of Ghana relate that an elephant is a human chief from the past. When they find a dead elephant in the forest, they give him a proper chief's burial....

http://www.a-gallery.de/docs/mythology.htm

Hyena giggle:  The giggle is a high pitch, staccato sound that is not communicating a good time. In fact, it is commonly produced by distressed, or submissive, animals in situations where they are both excited and conflicted between approaching and leaving the situation. For example, giggles are made by submissive individuals at a kill waiting their turn while being chased away by higher ranking animals. http://www.acoustics.org/press/155th/theunissen.htm

brunfelsia pauciflora

stumbling blindly

through a veil of tears

searching for the sunlight of tomorrow -

longing for the darkness of yesterday

and the illusion of warmth

in a cold embrace

brunfelsia pauciflora is the botanical name for the Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow plant

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Snoring

Snoring! Snoring!

Oh, dear God, I’m tired!

His jaw should be wired

This man once desired.

Snoring! Snoring!

I just want to weep!

This guy is a creep

He won’t let me sleep.

Snoring! Snoring!

In my marriage bed!

I’ll chop off his head

Sleep in jail instead.

Snoring! Snoring!

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

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Cause and Effect

multi-nationals’

profiteering
exploitation
sweatshops

boycotts

altruistic
endeavours
hurting

whom?

 

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Unlikely

consolidate the
year’s news events

the inhumane
indiscriminate
causal murder

watched, daily,
on TV news,
as innocence dies -
B-OOM.

palatable doses
for captive audiences
vicariously

observing
death
destruction
anarchy;

docile
stupid
uncaring

superior species
propagating

bloodshed
hatred
wars

consolidate the
year’s news events?

unlikely

 

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