meat loaf, pot roast inner city crimes jingle bells, trick or treating signs of the times christmas day, mother's day, valentines and easter, father's day, 9/11, flight 77. Rwandan genocide of 94 800 thousand that is and the latest figures, from a respected ORB. 1.2 it seems to be million that is, killed since the invasion of 2003
is consciousness alive did the dreams survive has the oppresser confined the oppressed minds? banned! simple conversations forbidden quotes! forbidden movements! forbidden ANC hostile! but the eyes and ears of the world were wakened by your slogan “black is beautiful” your protest role rose up at Soweto where 700 school children were crushed shot! by heavily-armed police and you became a target! your death in the hands of the establishment exposed! the brutality of the apartheid regime. and your voice rang true
Stephen Biko Born 18/12/46 Murdered 12/09/77 "It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die."
I saw a past today conjured up from an angry vision a pain filled human face jumping out from a canvass the jagged face weeping corrosive tears peeling back the very skin to hard white bone fabric of society exposed knife-like kerchief strangling the cries of uncontrollable angst it rips through the viewer
strident yellow illuminates the backdrop and a crown of orange lends normality to what was an insane world and the tears cascade into her flesh
I saw the present today and the weeping woman cries on despite the protests and
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