The sun on this rubble after rain .
Bruised though we must be
some easement we
require
unarguably, though we
argue against desire.
Under jackboots our bones and spirits crunch
forced into sweat- tear - sodden slush
- now glow - lipped by this sudden touch :
- sun - stripped perhaps , our bones may later sing
or spell out their
maglinant nemesis
Sharpevilled to spearpoints for revenging
but now our pride- dumbed mouth are wide with
wordless supplication
- are grateful for the least relief from pain
- like this sun on this debris after rain .
Dennis Brutus
Dennis Vincent Brutus was a South African social activist and prolific poet. He was jailed with Nelson Mandela in the 1960s in the fight against apartheid having their cells next to each other in Roben Island. He was born on 28th November 1924 and died on 26 December 2009.
Bruised though we must be
some easement we
require
unarguably, though we
argue against desire.
Under jackboots our bones and spirits crunch
forced into sweat- tear - sodden slush
- now glow - lipped by this sudden touch :
- sun - stripped perhaps , our bones may later sing
or spell out their
maglinant nemesis
Sharpevilled to spearpoints for revenging
but now our pride- dumbed mouth are wide with
wordless supplication
- are grateful for the least relief from pain
- like this sun on this debris after rain .
Dennis Brutus
Dennis Vincent Brutus was a South African social activist and prolific poet. He was jailed with Nelson Mandela in the 1960s in the fight against apartheid having their cells next to each other in Roben Island. He was born on 28th November 1924 and died on 26 December 2009.
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