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on mountain tops we rejoiced
on tombstones we sang
the luxury embedded in the wild forests of Africa was ours
maidens with flesh as soft as silk bore our children
Once we found joy in kneeling before the sculptures of our ancestoral fathers
flagbearers of communal living and traditional rites
in corals of bravado we danced
looting sacrifices as hallmark of our cultural roots
but somehow and somewhere amidst the dunes of happiness did we go to sleep
and then in cotton and scandals came the colonial masters
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THE WHITE MAN'S ARRIVAL
Date: Thursday, 7th July 2011 @ 11:05:40 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: Majidlawal
Once my people free
on mountain tops we rejoiced
on tombstones we sang
the luxury embedded in the wild forests of Africa was ours
maidens with flesh as soft as silk bore our children
Once we found joy in kneeling before the sculptures of our ancestoral fathers
flagbearers of communal living and traditional rites
in corals of bravado we danced
looting sacrifices as hallmark of our cultural roots
but somehow and somewhere amidst the dunes of happiness did we go to sleep
and then in cotton and scandals came the colonial masters
to whip our bare buttocks with the rod of civilization

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