David Kapp,
Belthorn Estate
is the anguished cry
out Hanover Park way
people march there
to the Philippi police station
protesting gang violence
though it could be
anywhere on the planet
any place in the ghetto
of your mind
Who will die next
our ritual Women’s Month
is now departed
(Manenberg’s Rock Girls say
women we are never truly safe
sadly women talk self-defence)
Who will die next
goodness has long-time passed honour
and integrity too
truth has left us
power struggles
whilst the everyday
of conscience is no more
sectarianism tribalism
separatism cronyism
still all flourish
with gay abandon
we have hungry children
under-nutrition and poverty
of the mind
Who will die next
Before we all
can live
“Who will die next?” (Athlone News, August 30).
