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MISTY EYES

call me poison
i am annoying
because in speak fact that some will not be enjoying
mother nature has become profit
uncle wallet is thinking nothing of it
that is why natural disasters
are not willing to forefit
grass will forever be greener on the other end
call me a locked up prophet
my words damage and slaughter
they let you see horror and trauma
we battle to find peace within us
i might just
bribe an official
to recieve a wonderful Merry Christmas
because he is a uniformed criminal
we travel in depths of solitude
What happend to a straight
Magistrate?
What happend to loving our neighbours
Even in times of vain
Our minds were crushed by a capitalist crane
Forever wanting to gain
The rurals is where they dump their pain
Our blown empty stomachs are driving us insane
Some returned home with our wealth
We were left in poverty volcano to melt
Giving us drugs to restore our health
In Rhodesia hunger climaxed over its own economic belt
Whats that I smell?
Is that war i sense?

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Our world has been corrupted for far too long,ecspecially Africa.We are made to believe in false statements that are stated by our system.So please read and make sense of this,its also open for discusion.I really need your critique on this one.THANK YOU

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This is a good assesment of the state of the world viewed in a harsh light, telling it like it is!

always, Cat

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Firstly welcome to Neopoet, and I hope that your journey with us will be good for you..
I loved Africa when I was there and tried where possible to be good and treat all the same no matter what.
Rhodesia was capable of feeding all of Africa a while ago, but just look at what has happened there, it will be termed bad of me to take sides but all I ask is when did these countries Rhodesia, Kenya and South Africa start to decay into what they are today, and who was responsible, I will leave that to you to tell me, but I am tired of the old excuse that it was colonialism that damaged the people there, at that time or just after there was a chance to take over and make Africa an strong voice in the world..
Yours Ian.T
PS:- your Profile needs attention, who or what you are and the usual things please

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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..

Ian if i may,excuses are only used once then forgotten about.In this case you say colonialism is an excuse,i disagree on that one,see if things like that did not take place Africa could,would be one powerful continent as we speak.Think about it carefully if there was no Africa in this world would the world where it is currently?and yes Rhodesia could feed the whole of Africa a while ago before which event?colonialism.

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There are no good rules where people that are retained in one state.
This is a form of suppression, and is always bad.
I love Africa, and it is a shame that it is the way it is today.
I would like to know how it would be a powerful place without interference from the greed of outsiders that needed its wealth.
Why the people there still allow this to continue is beyond me, I lived in South Africa for about 12 years and it was becoming a wonderful first world nation gradually.
I know that the progress from the old times were slow but just look at the rest, I do so hope that South Africa can remain a leader on that continent for many years to come it has the brains and the rules it just needs the people to realise that the bordering countries have gone down the wrong path, Rhodesia could feed Africa before the present way of running it took over and destroyed the infrastructure, I hope that other states, countries try to get out of that way of being,
Yours Ian.T

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There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..

thanks for the welcome Neopoet hope my stay with you will be a fruitfull learning expirience.

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