Compact With Africa Poem by Pierre Rausch

Dealing with Africa by phone or mail
Disappointed, waiting for a reply
The tedious routines of compact love
At a critical distance, part four

The marble mantelpieces
Would do next to free
A telegram informed the diplomat
At the Victoria Falls, at Kilimanjaro

Dealing with Africa by phone or mail
Disappointed, waiting for a reply
The tedious routines of compact love
At a critical distance, part four

In other terms, to use my imagination
A long satisfying story reveals
The power to go against establishment
The black civil wars, simply red

Dealing with Africa by phone or mail
Disappointed, waiting for a reply
The tedious routines of compact love
At a critical distance, part four

Sit down good old friend
That if I ever tried
Africa has rights
We might as well say goodbye

Dealing with Africa by phone or mail
Disappointed, waiting for a reply
The tedious routines of compact love
At a critical distance, part four

Sit down good old friend
That if I ever tried
Africa has rights
We might as well say goodbye