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Poem on Operation Murambatsvina
S Mutopa
December 05, 2005

You came Dressed in a radical costume
Our homes and riches,
you swept away Yes,
you left us naked,
empty handed With nothing,
nothing but our black skins

Naked and hungry we stand
Our skins itch from the ravages of Mother Nature.
The diseases, rains, wind, the heat and the cold.
Naked and hungry we still stand

You promised us, "Garikai!"
Yet in a coma we remain, groaning.
Groaning from the pains of your operation

Caught up in this Nagasaki
We are bitter, angry and hurt
Prisoners in our own country
Like mice we stand trapped

Operation Murambatsvina
How could you operate,
without taking an x-ray?
To give you a picture
Of how to treat us, the victims.

We still stand, wondering,
where is the future?

*S. Mutopa is a student at Nyamhunga School, an affiliate member of BWAZ. Learners willing to be published should send their manuscripts to The Editor, BWAZ, Box 4209, Harare. Schools willing to affiliate to BWAZ should send applications to the same address.

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