A Letter To Mummy & Dad Poem by Sammy Aswani Luyove

I remember some time back,
When I was the only child on your back
Food was plenty, I ate as I could
And me, I was all you valued,
But now the pot has broken down
And given birth to too many dishes!

It started with you mummy,
When I sought the matter with your tummy,
And you said you ate too much githeri.
That bloated your stomach!
A few months later the tale turned slippery:
"An aeroplane dropped us a mzungu
While flying tourist past, after witnessing
The co-habiting of humans and lions,
The dreaded man-eaters of the Great Tsavo
Then flying to the Great Congo forest,
To view Africa's wonderful primate;
So the pink thing fell by accident, "
But now the poor mzungu
Turned to be my sister!
A sudden threat to my love
And now we scramble over one andazi!
Whose price doesn't respect its shrinking size!

And then you dad, your pay slip hardly changes,
But you keep swelling mum's meals register:
Don't you see the shooting price of maize flour!
Don't you read teacher's school fee letters!
If you don't see daddy, I do;
I don't want more sisters nor brothers.