African Girls Poem by Thabani Khumalo

THE BILL THAT ENGENDERED THE EVIL DEALS;
MONEY MANUFACTURED BY THE HANDS OF SIN,
THE STAR THAT ROSE AND SPREAD THE LIGHT OF DOOM
HAS SWINDLED AGED LOVE FROM THE HEARTS OF THE YOUNG GIRLS.

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS THAT LAY WITH FRAUDULENT HEIRS:
SUDDENLY, THE HEIRS THAT EXALTED ALL PERVERSION,
THEY TEND NOT THE LOVE AS IN THE DAYS OF YORE -
THE SHARP EDGE RAISED UNTO MASCULINE'S LOINS.

THE GIRLS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE TEXAS GROUNDS
MAKE LOVE WITH CLEAR INTENTIONS AND ALL - THEY GIVE IT FREE,
TO THE MEN THAT ARE STILL AS THE RIVER BED FLOW
FOR THEY DISCERN NOT OF THIS - THE RETAILED LOVE,

THE SLAVING KINGS OF THE AFRICAN DEIGN,
THEY PLAN AND FLOUNDER AND THEIR TEETH THEY GRIND
OF PORTENDS' SYNTHETICS AND LIES, TO-DATE PREVAILED;
AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE FROM A WHITE MAN'S GUN.