Monday, 22 May 2017

“VILLAGE OF KATANGA”



BY VACHIKEPE: THE POET

No one can resist
The fire-smoke that runs
In our misty eyes...
A cover up for electrical shot
Dusty roads,
The gathering of our
Footprints
School children,
The design of our streets...
Fish our daily vegetables,
Garden of herbs
Fresh air from the mountains...
Targeted Harare-shoppers,
The road-lighters
To Bulawayo...

Criss-cross
Waves the mbira sound...
From the appointed
Throats and fingers
Of the spoken
Generational wisdom...
With the Catholic saints and angels
Flying so high,
Like the birds of the air,
Blessing
The Katangeans with
The gifts of heaven!
And...dance we dance
To the traditional dance
Echoes from Malawi...
The once upon a time
Best night sleeper-beat!

Our silos full
Is the way we prefer ourselves!
Our thirst always quenched...
From Bombi to Coca-Cola,
Is the way we prefer our selves!

Orange-Banana
20 padollar
Dollar hobho
The slogan of our streets...
The best marketing aggression
I have met!

Village of Katanga
The chair of kings...
Where wisdom is
The proverb of the day
 The proverb...the simplest
Way to communicate!

Village of Katanga
The chair of chiesfs
Where world aeroplane routes
Are the dances of
The butterflies we see everyday!

Village of Katanga
The village of peace
With people of a slowly
Moderated, directed
And targeted steps...
People of cushioned energy
Ready for combustion!

The village of Katanga
My home, my town, my village...

“A dust cushioned and plastered dirty boy...
Heading towards his ordained dream”

If I was to imagine and paint
The location of Katanga...
I would place it
In the midst of Zambezi river...
As a rich green Island
In between Zimbabwe and Zambia!
But in reality...
It’s just a swing...
In between Harare and Chegutu!

Village of Katanga
Village of Katangeans
Village of Katanga
Village of peace
Village of Katanga
A village welcome to all!
END!!!
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