Oh....... Poem by Deluke Muwanigwa

An angelic face
Handsome even
Contours in harmony with forehead
Cheekbones complementary to a nose bereft of hautiness.

Draped in simple but laundered apparel. Handy helpful hands from sleeves made of silk. Hands holding a New Testament, itself a testament to a man of cloth.

Tongue speaking in tongues; of love, brotherhood and the promise of eternal life. An honourable man.

Oh, hail him!

Till you have the fortunate misfortune of looking behind him. His flip side. A cudgel in his left hand dripping innocent blood.

Raw diamonds in pockets confiscated from scrawny artesinal miners.
Gold teeth replacing rotten canines in a fouled up mouth.
In his right hand fake writs of execution in a foreign language.

Feet with boots of brutality stained with blood of slave labourers
Scarred with hate for anyone and everything breathing, let alone breeding.

Oh, hell him!

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