CAVITIES Poem by Ignatius T. Mabasa

That woman, the mother of Nyevero
Has a tooth that needs a filling.
Her husband has been in London
Since Nyevero was 2, now she is 7
Who can blame the mother of Nyevero
For having so many cavities?

Mai Nyevero, carefully chooses her seat.
She sits carelessly opposite me,
Exposing plump thighs, and grins
"Look Mhizha, the forest is full of trees
But your axes are old, rusty and blunt"
She winks at me, gathers her skirts and swishes off,
Laughing like a happy hyena in the dead of night.

Night finds her in bed with that fool Gandari.
But woman, Gandari was caught last week
Naked in bed, with the new teacher's wife.

This Aids - python, myth or phantom
Will surely finish us all off . . .