Word, Lefoko Poem by Nobert Mathumo

Word, lefoko
Letters joined
Coined to make point
Verses that can turn into curses

Mafoko, words
Bangwe baa kgwarantse
In paper, books, le mo dileiting
Nna ke a tswakantse
Like your best meal mo poleiting

I craft my world through this letters
Curl a new life through these verses
Slap the queen across the face
Spit on the king's race
And give him a taste
Disappear with no trace

With these words I make a blind man see
I make the deaf hear
Draw a thin line between brave and fear
Ka mafoko, yes! !

With these words
I look Babylon between the eyes
I tell them only the most high
Wears the crown
And live them with a frown..