Can I At Least Be Allowed To Think Poem by Phillip Nine Mafunga

Intimate
Or else be decimated
By the wave of political recalcitrant
Who debauch the meaning of words?

Prevent
Or else re-invent
That which the perverts have corrupted
And bring the classroom back to what it has always been

Believe
Or else daily re-live
The pain and regret of ever letting criminals
Usurp political and religious power

Courage
Or else stop the carnage
Wherein Innocent children's bodies
Are permanently mutilated by surgeons
@8 December 2022