Gemma Wiseman's poetry - beyond the cartoon

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

dry Africa...

Dry Africa - Tomas
- produced for the LSE Africa Summit 2015



if you look closely
you may see
a leaf or two
but no green leaf

if you look closely
the boughs
seem to hug one another
for support

and one could be broken

but
it is clear
no one 
is branching out

if you look closely
there is no sign of
bird life
no nest

it is clear
no one 
lives

just some
horse-like creature
seems prone
taking a long
long
rest
hooves
begging
in the dying sun

if you move back
and slowly focus
you see
the eerie dark bones of
Africa
calling
faintly

offering some empathy

perhaps 
to Greece



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