Cast Away Poem by Aldo Kraas

In this strange land I am with other people
This land is called Ethiopia
We came to Ethiopia in a small Fishing boat
The boat run out of gas
The tour guide said
Please remain in the boat all of you
You don’t want to be anybody’s supper
In this land are crocodiles in the water
And there are also cannibals
Cannibals eat humans
Can we have water at least?
No the water is too dirty to drink
I know it is too hot, and we all need water
To keep us from dehydrating in this heat
I will just have to row us back to Johannesburg
So the tour guide rowed the boat as fast as he could
So the cannibals would not catch us
The cannibals saw as and they were running after our boat
They were shouting in Armaky, which is the language of South Africa
They had missed us
We had all been happy that we were safe
The day was almost over
The sun was going down
Soon will be night
By night we had arrived in Johannesburg where we started the trip
We went back to our hotel to sleep
We will never forget this adventure in a strange land called Johannesburg
Before going to bed we had something to eat and we drunken water
Our thirst was now gone
The night was cool and refreshing
The beautiful breeze that came in through our windows kept us cool From the heat of the day