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