Border Of Inequality Poem by Tapera Makadho

Not by croco and hippo
That ply the Limpopo
With tooth and maw

Nor by corsair and pirate
That lurk dene and wood
With knife and saw

They had eluded fang and venom
Of adder and of viper

They had survived cuff and baton
Of sarge and of sentry

They had dodged mugger and robber
Pestilence, and wave of the sea

They had crossed unscathed
To the city of Babylon

But they erred
They docked their ship
Far from the Port of Equality
They were asked to sing King Alpha's song
A song they could not recite
A song they could not sing

They met their maker
In the flame and stone
That consumed them
Across the Border of INEQUALITY.