Tumisang Ramarea Poems

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
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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
...

She smiles
The sun feels the threat
In my stomach butterflies
Start to collect
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