! ! Zimbabwe - An Echo Poem by Michael Shepherd
! ! Zimbabwe - An Echo
The day before yesterday
they dealt with the terminally ill to free the hospitals.
Yesterday,
they dealt with those who did not contribute to the economy.
Today,
they dealt with those who oppose the government.
Tomorrow,
they will deal with those who have heard of a better life.
Next week,
do not be surprised at the truck
with bloodstains on its tailboard
at your gate tooting its impatient horn.
I was moved by this Michael.. not least the implied inevitability..
Jefferson - 'Send not to ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee'...
It makes such ruthless Malthusian logic - less food, so fewer mouths...and though I hardly like to verbalise this - 'AIDS' takes on a new old meaning in this context...
'Ask not for whom the bell tolls - - - - - - ' We never know, do we? ?
'..and when they came for me, there was no one...' A lesson not to be forgotten. God bless Pastor Niemoller
powerful stuff. good to read/bad to read - if you know what i mean. al
Powerful! Such a cold, unfeeling euphemism, 'dealt.' Kyrie Eleison!
You sum up Zimbabwe very well, Michael. There is the sense of inevitably that moves the passive onlooker.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Well said, Michael. A good addition to Chris' request.