ARE YOU WEARING PROVOCATIVE GARB?

 

Are you wearing provocative garb?

Well, you might well cause some disquiet

But you are not really achieving you aim

But you might well provoke a riot

HAIR OF HENNA

 

Hair of Henna

Falls untamed

Over pale flesh

Stark in contrast

Like a crimson rose

Against bridal white

NOW I’M NEITHER FOR OR AGAINST BUT

 

Now I’m neither for or against but

Four million, three hundred and seven

People got married last year,

But shouldn't that number be even?

AS I LEFT THE STORE EMPTY HANDED

 

As I left the store empty handed

There was an awkward moment

When I said repeatedly to myself

“Just act natural, you're innocent”.

I WANT TO DIE PEACEFULLY IN MY SLEEP

 

I want to die peacefully in my sleep,

Like Dad, peacefully without a fuss

And not screaming and yelling

Like the passengers did on his bus

THE TECHNOLOGICAL AGE

 

The technological age of the

21st century is great, isn't it?

When deleting history has become

More important than making it.

AFTER ALMOST FIFTY YEARS OF LABOUR

 

After almost fifty years of labour

I have failed to get ahead even a bit

Because I started out with nothing,

And I find that I still have most of it