Cyberspace
I approached it like a medieval sailor,
fearful of the unknown.
But, cyberspace is not the Atlantic Ocean.
You won't face the lash of a gale there,
just a computer crash.
Cyberspace is a real place
in the minds of people like you and me,
if you can understand it and imagine.
Cyberspace is a real place,
a scary, fairy, place
inside our minds.
Cyberspace is a place
in our heads,
interacting with other brains.
Cyberspace is a world dream,
a global brain, a consciousness,
a place in another space.
Steal
( IM Walter Rodney)
We’d cased the joint of course
- had a great cover story.
Christians searching for lost souls.
Had a quick look inside,
planned the burglary with precision,
distracted them and nipped in
while they weren’t looking.
OK, so they got annoyed when
they realised we had got in
and were threatening to take it over
but we had the back-up,
a bit of steel, know what I mean?
Yeah, there was a little aggro
but we sorted it all out.
It didn’t take them long to realise
that we meant Serious business.
So, we took it over,
showed a bit of class,
let them stay on, as tenants,
and convinced them
that it was still theirs.
It was a real steal.
Its a great place, this,
Africa.
Quiet sounds
In the silence, I noticed the drip,
the clip and the clop of each drop
of water that leaked from my kitchen tap.
Its a tiny, almost insignificant sound
that most people don’t notice,
an echo of a quieter world.
I turn to look out of the window
to the green hills,lush after the rainfall
that has nourished my valley.
But, as I sit in my kitchen this sunny day,
I hear and watch the drops,
they fill my ears and draw my eye.
We are so awash in water
that we do not notice leaking taps.
We fail to see their importance.
But, what if that tap was elsewhere?
What if it was Ethopia, Eritrea, Somalia,
where the tap dropped water into the bowl?
Dripping glassful after glassful of water,
drip after drop, it would be a miracle
in a drought-ridden land.
So, I hear the dripping water
watch the drops and know
that I am lucky indeed.
Lucky to hear them,
Lucky to see them,
Lucky to sip them.