Own Tribal Group [rev.] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

I have such senseless work on my desk, an
analysis of the wrongs in the Congo and its
natural resources lost to the First World - I
still hear a Congolese General, a winsome
young man of twenty-four years - claiming
war is necessary & they'll persevere, I still
find claims on the Internet that third world
countries made ungovernable is the best
way for crime to hold sway

And I still remember Congolese members
of Police claiming women should have12
kids at least - and then lament women are
not active in corporate environments such
as here in South Africa; how to make time
between labours and another baby to feed
I‘d like to know - if Congolese attitudes do
not change, I can't see how they can bring
about peace, insisting only their own tribal
group should be governing…

[29 September 2014]