Letter to the local authorities

March 2, 2007 at 3:24 pm · Filed under commentary on modern society

The sewer is blocked.

And the effluent flows everywhere-

…Nothing works anymore

Men in well pressed suits.

And women like the latest Paris models

Hop and skip and jump-

To cross the river of dung that flows over the street.

We walk around

Well dressed mannequins

mired in our own waste

Unclean

Unholy

Ripe

… in need of a lancing.

The effluent

The dung

Flowing freely on the streets.

Unpublished poem by Mary Kimani, dated January 15, 2003

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