Wednesday, July 31, 2013

local erections

This has been posted before, but as we have national elections in 2014, the profusion of posters has already started destroying the rain forests...
Oh, and our northern neighbour is undergoing their national elections at the very time this is reposted - Zimbabwe, may your country enjoy peaceful elections and move into this century in a belated, but dignified manner...

local erections          

Dedicated, not to our leaders who are true, but to the politicians whose salaries we pay…
abrupt overnight profusion of posters
wanted for your ward placards
(just like in the untamed west)
and brash erectioneering
pimping gimmicks and gadgets -
legalising abortion – what is our cut
procuring peaceful war machines – what is our cut
serving beetroot and African potato - what is our cut
ignoring Baba Robert up north – what is our cut
unequal non-equal equality – what is our cut
unrascist non-racist racism – what is our cut
but your Honour – what is our cut…

when voting
pick your prick
a mistaken cross
(not a tick; get it?)
once erected
some proud members,
huge in stature
stand to be counted
many, less endowed, flaccid
bald head down in the back benches
some swapping parties
some swapping partners
some swapping conjugal rights
for very adult childish games

those upstanding
discuss
pubic amenities
tax cuts
the unkindest cut of all
circumscribe, the cock and bull
while others just work
on keeping up with the Zumas
(quite hard to do… no really!)

at the end of the day
politicians are just like penises:
for the most part – unavailable,
shrouded behind zippers with
two indolent guards just hanging around
at pubic expense
promising big things, but
on delivery
frequently rather disappointing
frequently shooting from the hip
frequently missing the whole –
point
frequently abandoning pregnant pauses
and many bastardised laws

and, mostly, the public get exactly what they want -
after lame pick-up lines,
productive propositioning,
stripping off the truth,
a little fumbling and foreplay,
then voted into orifice –
we get soundly screwed
oh - and the biggest prick usually wins anyway!
Pongola Game Reserve

a harbour


a harbour                                                      Charli Wiggill
 

like freebies from the cereal box
one dimensional plastic goodies
pasted onto extremity of horizon
dinky ships stuck patiently
glued to the deep dark depths
 
harbours lie subserviently
wait vacuously for the masters
vaginal openings, awaiting docking
vessels, cumbersome, take their time
 
then the ships thrust up the channel
to’ing and fro’ing ‘til snugly berthed
copious produce spews out from the bowels
satiating the quayside sheds with cash
 
with succeeding trimesters
local economy grows and swells
proud clan we are, look on
Durban gives life to new berth
Durban gives birth to new life

cyclicals


cyclicals                                                        Charli Wiggill

 

the cycle of life…

a mundane brown lifeless stem
abruptly new shoots emerge
growing tall and strong
 
umbrella bud bides its time
springs the catch
bursts bloom as a sign

smiles fragrant greetings at passers-by
is visited and tickled
by many summer well-wishers
 
colourful façade fades
but beauty is not lost
a more pressing purpose grows
 
fruitful maturity borne generously
bowed boughs massed
weighted with self-sacrifice
 
sweet fruits of the spirit
ambrosia for others
nature’s gift for the heart
 
seeds rerouted and rooted
fed on warmth of sunshine
nurtured with kind thoughts
 
saplings strengthen
resolve to get ahead
lessons learned before
 
leaves twist and turn
define an acrobatic arc
mulch the precious soil
 
the cycle of love…