Some lines are bitter pillshard to swallow with laughter
like a tongue licking a weeping sore
to douse embers of thirst
Some lines are moistened rock
hard on the tongue
like a breakfast of toad
spiced with roasted cockroaches
Washed down with stale wine
Mixed with mucus and urine
Will a beauty bathe in mustard gas
Cook with sodium cyanide
When heaven holds it tears
And rivulets run dry?
Scream she will,across the stream
Tightly hugging the air in anguish
In our napping homeland
Truth is hard on the palate
As lion’s fiery tales turn fairy tales
In sporting grips of goats
While elergies are sung with glee
Heralding birth and christening
Bones spring in eggs,horns on chicks
Hooves on ducks,feathers on foxed
Dusty buttocks are decked in caps
Seized from harried heads of the honest
Who stirred the hornet’s nest
For leveling the house of deceit…..
Just like “Ambassadors Of Poverty”,Hard Lines is a poem of truth,a poem that brings out the problems of our society. Just like the poem reflects,no matter how much we want to sugar coat the truth it is still a bitter pill to swallow. Hard lines means “The Bitter Truth”,no matter how much we want to avoid It,nobody wants to hear the truth,it is easier to accept the lies because lies are interesting to hear. This poem also reflects how “the cap” has been taken from the honest ones and given to those who does not deserve it. Our society is a society where lies and corruption is the order of the day and when the honest ones decide to come out and unravel the deceit of those dishonest ones what happens??? It’s either they are found dead or incapacitated…I then ask myself where are those who claim to fight for justice,why can’t they do anything the answer is because they’ve been bought…Our will is no longer strong,we are easily bought by the lies and material things…
In short our society is one where lies and deceit has grown so deep it’s hard for the truth to prevail…Now why don’t we ask ourselves this: If things were to be different and I am given the choice to choose,would I choose the bitter truth that will put my conscience at peace or would I choose the lies and deceit that would make my conscience keep asking and judging me? This question is to those of us who have conscience and would like to see our society change for the better…
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