By Loujaya
Toni
Twenty two women
Sitting ducks
Shot at
Mercilessly
By trigger happy mouths;
A nameless, faceless number
Posing
Threatening shadows
Women in waiting
Wanna-be politicians
Hopeful governors;
Unknown but significant
Twenty two women
All wanting
In on parliament;
They are
daunting shadows
Reaching in
To the men’s haus
Haunting his wildest political dreams
Forcing a hand in his schemes
Being
A very present number
At all
His deliberations
Seen and heard more
Than a mere apparition;
Twenty two women
Waiting their dues.
Reaching in
To the men’s haus
Haunting his wildest political dreams
Forcing a hand in his schemes
Being
A very present number
At all
His deliberations
Seen and heard more
Than a mere apparition;
Twenty two women
Waiting their dues.
Posted courtesy of Tribal Mystic, Emmanuel Narokobi and PNG Attitude. A review of this strong poem with the emphasis on the line "A nameless faceless number" will be read at the Crocodile Literary gathering in September this year.
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