(OkwaP. Sainath)
Khumbula ukuthi sake sabathinta kanjani isithupha,
Futhi wawabiza “ngesaka lamazambane?”
Hhayi-ke, akusenjalo;
Abalimi bokudla bangqongqoza emnyango weriphabhulikhi
Lapho labo okufanele ngabe bazi kangcono
Ulahlekelwe i-grit nekhono
Ukuqaqa intambo
Lokho kubopha kanjalo i-conglomerate intando
Ezweni manje selifuna ukubuswa
Ngesandla sensimbi.
Ipulpiti libukeka lixakile
Ngolwazi lwabo lwezinto
Ukuthi kwakucatshangwa kuphela ithangi lokucabanga
Futhi ulimi lwesiNgisi luletha.
Bamangale, mangala ngendlela
Bacindezela ubuhlakani obukhulu kanye nokudla
Ukusebenzela okuhle okuvamile.
Yeka inzondo enobudlova kanye ne-calumny
Akazange aphonswe kubo,
Ukumema i-crasness efana nempendulo;
Unyaka wonke wekhalenda manje
Sawabona kanjani lamanyala
Bahlazeke futhi bephambukiswe umdanso wabo ozwakalayo,
Kuze u-Big Brother, ahlulwe kukho konke kusengaphambili,
Wakhothamela umzimba weriphabhulikhi ukuze ashosholoze athi
“Ngiyaxolisa; ulunqobile usuku.”
Lalela kakhulu ukuthi abalimi bokudla bathini:
“Singabantu abanhliziyo nekhanda labo
Akayena umHindu, umSulumane, umSikh noma okunye;
Singubaba, umama, usisi, mfowethu
Odlisa isisu sakho ongasuthi
Lapho wakhela i-billionaire telly yakho. "
Kubaphathi abasabekayo, abahahayo umyalezo wabo ucacile:
“uma kwenzeka ulahlekelwa wumugqa wakho ophansi
Ulahlekelwa kodwa ngokukhetha endaweni ekhokhelwayo;
Kufanele ulahlekelwe yintando yeningi
Ulahlekelwa umphefumulo wakho.
Lesi yisikhathi sokuhlangana nathi ukuze sihlanze ama-slick
Yokungcola nokuhaha;
Lesi yisikhathi sokuzama ukusindisa i-republic. "
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