{Our Children have the Right to Dream}
I dream of a new black suit
With a long tail and a leather boot
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An African black boy living in the interiors is deprived of many of the comforts, his white friends enjoy! With longing he will be looking at the three piece dress others wear, the crayon sets they have in their school bags, the swimming pools in their houses....... etc...etc! For him it is all a wild dream! The poem that draws the stark divide between the affluent and the poor is an eye opener! A 10
Thanks Mamme. I am happy you are following my work. Yes, it is the truth about the deprived and the affluent.
Then I will draw the flowers in the forest And the butterfly And the moon in the bare sky And the birds on the trees or when they fly I will draw the dogs mating in the back yard Uncaring of the eye of the spy Or the curiosity of the passersby.... Marvellous poem.
Thanks Dutendra for comments.