Executioner Poem by Thabani Khumalo

ARE YOU THE REAL EXECUTIONER,
DO YOU LIVE FOREVER AND NOT DIE,
DO YOU REVEL IN IMMORTALITY,
DO YOU NOT AGE BUT REMAIN YOUNG ENDLESSLY?

DO YOU NOT FALL INTO CONFUSION BY DAY,
DO YOU NOT FALL APART AT NIGHT,
ARE YOU NOT GULLIBLE?

DO YOU WORK AND GET PAID IN OUR CURRENCY,
DOES NOT OUR DAILY AFFAIRS NOT MATTER TO YOU,
ARE YOU NUMB ABOUT PROSPERITY?

ARE YOU NUMB ABOUT SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS,
ARE YOU NOT ON PAYROLL,
IS YOUR JOB SATISFACTORY TO YOU?

ARE YOU IMMUNE TO DISEASE AND NOT AFFECTED BY ILLNESS,
IS EVERYTHING NOT STRESSFUL TO YOU,
DO YOU SEEK OUT FOR PAIN AND AGONY AND NOT GET?

DO YOU HATE AND NOT LOVE,
DO YOU NOT HAVE PITY OR COMPASSION;
DO YOU NOT COMPASS?

ARE YOU MUTANT AND UNWEARABLE,
DOES IT NOT MATTER THAT YOU RESIDE IN MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS,
DO YOU FEEL NO GRIEVOUS PANGS AND AGONY?

DO YOU NOT FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT OR LONG FOR A WOMAN'S TOUCH,
DO YOU NOT GET DRAWN IN BY CARNAL PLEASURES,
DO YOU NOT LONG FOR LUXURY?

ARE YOU ALWAYS UNDER AN UGLY MASK,
DO YOU NOT WORRY ABOUT GREAT LOOKS AND ATTRACTIONS,
ARE YOU NOT WARY OF FASHION AND TRENDS?

DO YOU LIVE UNDER THE DARK AND CREEPY SHADOWS OF DEATH,
DOES A HAPPY LIVING NOT MATTER TO YOU,
ARE YOU NOT AFRAID?

DO YOU REFUTE THE GODS AND SMITE THEM IN THEIR HEARTS,
HAVE YOU PUT THE DEVIL UNDER VANQUISH,
DO YOU JEER AT GOD WHEN YOU KILL,
ARE YOU THE REAL EXECUTIONER?

EVEN THOUGH I AM ALL HUMAN AND NOT MUTANT,
THOUGH I CARE AND LOVE,
THOUGH IN TIRE AND ARE NOT INDEFATIGABLE,
THOUGH I AM NOT INFALLIBLE AND MERELY DEIGNFUL TO HUMAN PRESSURE,
THOUGH I LONG FOR PLEASURE AND I AM LASCIVIOUS, INNATELY,
THOUGH I AM NOT SUPERNATURAL OR INVINCIBLE,
I AM TIZZO AND
I AM THE EXECUTIONER.