proliferation of silence

scientific argument looms lunaticlarge

international community shouts realdollars

developed world in educated superiority

developing world grasping vermin of society

accusations pointed both at each, rife

foundations fund concoctions of antidote

shout publicity of humanitarian aid

scientific argument looms lunaticloud

silently, my car zeros at the traffic light

surveying the numb ooze of idyllic city scenes

swamped by orphaned toddlers up on tippy-toes

gazing blankly into my quiet home comfort

glue bottle readying the quite cold comfort

silent unsaid messages stated loud and clear

I stare blankly through their veiled pleas

silently, my heart zeros at the traffic light

silently, I sit at your side, next to you

bedclothes steaming, a crumpled tangle

eyes adrift in a tempestuous, stormy sea

misdirected and focusing behind beyond

many unasked answers in your emaciated face

government plods ponderously, retro-virally

society silences the inevitable, we silence silence

silently, I sit far from your side, next to you

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