sina mafuta ya kupika
ufuta ni adimu
sauti ya mmoja inafutika
ya wengi inafurika

~~~

Shortages

No oil to cook
Sesame is scarce
A lone voice is suppressed
Those of many boils over

January 3, 2018

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Poems for the Penniless Copyright © 2019 by Issa G Shivji. All Rights Reserved.

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