Listen to me
Hear my potential
Ignore the nagging beep-beep-beep of my trucks
As they back up into the tight driveways
And my many
many many loading bays
Hear the soulful street music
Seething through cellphone speakers
As my friends lie on the grass
Of my yet-to-be upgraded park
Listen to me
Hear my potential
Ignore the negative notion of yet-to-be
upgraded what-what
Despite this apparent dilemma
Children play as they should however
Pat..pat..pat run the barefeet of school kids
The younger ones faster than the rest
Pat-pat-pat-pat-pat
Listen to me
Hear my potential
Ignore the tires screeeeching to a halt
After an almost accident
Mind the sour words darting back and forth
Even though it was nobody’s fault
But rather hear the banter
Of a boss and his workers
As they share a cold 2 litre coke
Accompanied by inside jokes
And of course a much needed smoke
Listen to me
Hear my potential
Ignore the ta-ta-ta-ta of a dripping air-con box
Protruding in all its glory
You’d better keep side-steppin’
As you walk carefully across
Rather embrace the fresh
Whoosh whoosh whooshing
Of a miracle external fan
As its force provides some graceful cooling
Listen to me
Hear my potential
Ignore the crrrrr crrrrrr crrrr of the trolleys
Pushed on the road
Ha!
You’re lucky
The bumpy sidewalks wouldn’t go as smoothly
Listen to the call of my potential
I know it’s hard to ignore the call of money
making
Seems like everyone walks with a ching ching
ching-a-ling
By the way, loose change you’d better bring
As your utmost aim
Or you’ll find yourself stranded
Good luck finding an ATM
written by Kashiya Mbinjama
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