Troopers Poem by Thabani Khumalo

I AM THE PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT;
AN AFFILIATION TO THE GREAT PERILOUS POWER.
I WEAR A UNIFORM AS SYMBOL OF AUTHORITY BY DAY
BUT BY NIGHT I WEAR CAMOUFLAGE,
I CARRY THE SCEPTER BY DAY
AND I CARRY A GUN BY NIGHT,
I REIGN BY DAY
AND I PROWL THE NIGHT LIKE A LION.

MY NAME IS TMAN KIRY
BUT YOU CAN CALL ME TIZZO.
I AM A VETERAN OF EVERY HIGH IMPACT WAR,
I HAVE BEEN IN EVERY BATTLE,
I HAVE MADE MAN EXTRAORDINARY
AND AS MUCH I HAVE KILLED
FOR I AM THE COMMANDER OF THE EMPEROR'S ARMY;
I AM THE DICTATOR'S SHIELD
AND I WILL NOT DIE.

I AM A HUMAN MASSACRE; AN EXTREME MEASURE OF HUMAN DEVOLUTION,
I AM AN UNTAMED HOUND - I AM WEIRDER AND WILDER;
A HUMAN EATING DRAGON, I CRASH THE BONES AND DIG OUT THE HEART,
IN THE THICK OF DOOM I LEAVE THE FLESH TO ROT.
ALL THOSE UNDER MY GUIDANCE ARE TWICE AS STRONG AND A LOT UNKIND.

THERE IS NO WAY CHANNEL A WHICH YOU COULD FOLLOW TO JOIN US -
YOU EITHER BORN THAT WAY OR YOU NOT.
I WAS BROUGHT UP IN THIS WAY AND TRAINED,
I AM TAUNTED BY AN EVIL VOICE ALL NIGHT TO NOT SLEEP BUT KILL
BECAUSE KILLING IS A SKILL THAT PUTS MY HEART AT EASE
AND MURDER IS AN EXERCISE THAT KEEPS ME CALM,
I AM AT PEACE WHEN MY TORTURE VICTIMS CRY.

TO DEMISE ALONE I DEIGN,
NOTHING DONE BENEATH THE UNIVERSAL SKY IS SATISFACTORY,
I AM FOND OF WAR AND I LOVE CHAOS -
ALL OF THIS WHEN IT IS UNLEASH FURIOUSLY ON INNOCENT SOULS.
MY SUPERIORS ARE MORE INHUMAN THAN I AM.

I AM A SYNTHETIC CREATURE THAT DEMOLISHES STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL:
HUMANS, ANIMALS, TREES, WATER...
AN I WILL CARRY ON UNTIL THE WORLD IS A LIFELESS DESERT -
UNTIL THE ENTIRE PLANET HAS NOTHING BEAUTIFUL ON IT(HUMANS AND LOVE.)
LOOK! WHAT I HAVE DONE.