Tumisang Ramarea

Fa ke ne ke le mmoki
Ke ne ke tla tsatsanka monogwaga
Ke mo lebogela setoki
Se a nkgabisitseng ka sone jaaka sebaga
...

'I love you, ' is a metaphor
They watered down to 'I like you'
In 'merica. It's better for
Me to tell this upright to you.
...

Bontle o ka re go ne go dirwa ka bomo
Letlalo le borethe o kare la ya dipula kgomo
Monyenyo o o mosweusweu twaa
O nyerisa tau moko monna a tlhoke kgang
...

In a city of a hundred million
With the crowded subways
My heart beats for you trillion
I always see only you all the days
...

She looked at me with some energy in her eyes
The sweet taste of the pineapple dripping down my throat
Her dark Latina hair and her milk like skin
Instantaneously turned my blood to ice
...

At times I am fine,

But then I would open my journal
And come across something
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How beautiful would it be
To have a home in a place
Where I can experience such
Serene mornings by the lake
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If our paths should collide,
As drunk as the digits of pi,
Let their journey run free.
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'Time up drop your pens'
Children unite and drop their pants

Barels are emptied down
...

The fraudalent smile my face
Wears without fear
Temporarily erase
The tears
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I remember in our innocent
Days. When mama sent
Us to buy matches. We would
Run to the tuckshop with nothing on my foot
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As I walk away,
I will remember you,
As you live each day,
Worry not how I do
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She smiles
The sun feels the threat
In my stomach butterflies
Start to collect
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The beams of the sun touch my log like face
The warmth of her countenance, feeds my smile
Impossible as it is, I will run this dog like race
Until the bone is safely between these jaws of mine
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Lost in seas of confusion
My heart ran over by a truck
With no expectation of any fusion
Then your love struck
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A work of engineering is what describes an African woman
Long before the sun wakes, she is preparing the children for school
She runs a bath for the lazy lad who ruins her figure
With the baby on her back, and the sun painting her black
...

The sun rose last night, right after the last light
Just when the cloud of darkness undauntedly fell
I saw a bright light coming with such might
Putting all the stars to shame, telling me it is well
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We left long before the sun rose high,
Stars still appeared in the morning sky,

Alfredo and Russ were before us,
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I promised this with bliss,
To scribble some lines for her highness,
Though not as sweet as a sent scented kiss,
I hope it to be a rather smooth piece,
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This day, was not mine, was not,
I can trace the root, to before dawn,
In the field, sending praises to God,
Then all was silent, the sound gone,
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