Leapfrog - (written in South Africa in 2004)

ten years on

contraction of conscience

leapfrom

sloboutCOMFORTABLE

plumpsofamind to

abyssof chance

dare to risk,

grow faith,

tweak conscience,

proposition this jumpyear

sleep with hope,

swim the justiceRubicon and

spawn tadpoles of change.

eye the fly and

‘ribbit’ the lie:

don’t heed amorphous bullfrogs,

don’t heed amphibious speech

slithering in slimyhalftruths -

don’t frogmarch to conformity.

so

forget spongyteeveemind

squashdoubt with webbedfeet

outcroak loud negacroakers

jump us to world agendas

Africa needs visionaries

e-Trolls - Charli Wiggill

Beware my brothers

the e-Trolls are coming

scavenging on pre-existing

roads

are freeways no more

they eat up the

tar

and feather the bastards

e-Trolls have

corpulent politicians

attached to backs

like the Hunchback

of Gauteng

they drink up our fuel levy

they gobble up our roads

they squander our purse

Offering taxis a break

they break the taxpayers

register willingly

they’ll tax you

register namelessly

they’ll tax you to death

smash your car

with a monetary sledgehammer

Government has forgotten

its promise, its people

Ministers blue light by

day and by night

frighten people off the roads

kill people off their roads

Beware, my brothers

The e-Trolls are coming