Has a thorn
A venomous thorn ever torn
Torn through your flesh to the bone
And after causing your death
After leaving you with no breath
Refuse to come out, even after your death!
Surprised? Or you don’t know you are dead
Don’t worry, locate your thorn instead
For I was sick in bed
But I didn’t know I was dead
Until they buried me with a thorn through my heart!
©2008 Otiato Opali
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Submission
For the courage you give
Through the ways you have paved
And the cowards you have braved,
Poetry –
I beg to be your slave
To the foot of my grave!
Through the ways you have paved
And the cowards you have braved,
Poetry –
I beg to be your slave
To the foot of my grave!
Monday, October 13, 2008
And in other news...
The government has brushed aside protests by a section of the local people of Naivasha town. The group is protesting the sale of a public forest to a private developer.
The government has said the protesters are mainly drawn from a group of jobless good for nothing youth who use the forest as a venue for smoking bhang.
The forest in question is a priced spot on the terrace of the Rift Valley which is said to have the most picturesque sunset-view in the whole of Naivasha town. From the edges of the forest, visitors can witness one of the most scenic renditions of nature as the Rift Valley stretches to the horizons beyond.
It is on this expanse that the said protesters, who mostly spot dreadlocks and exhibit Rastafarian tendencies, spend most of their evenings. When asked about why they are protesting against the sale of the land, one of the red eyed fellows chanted ‘The concrete jungle eating our jungle man!’
The government through its spokesman has said it will not give in to the whining of delinquents. Addressing a press conference, the government spokesman said that orders have already been given to the police to arrest anyone who looks like Mungiki in the area.
Sources within the government have revealed to us that the forest has been sold to Libyan investors, claims which the Libyan embassy has declined to comment on. Our source tells us that the Libyans plan to build a seven star hotel on the contested spot.
Rumors have it that this is what the Libyan president Muammar Qadafi has in mind when talks about the United States of Africa.
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The government has said the protesters are mainly drawn from a group of jobless good for nothing youth who use the forest as a venue for smoking bhang.
The forest in question is a priced spot on the terrace of the Rift Valley which is said to have the most picturesque sunset-view in the whole of Naivasha town. From the edges of the forest, visitors can witness one of the most scenic renditions of nature as the Rift Valley stretches to the horizons beyond.
It is on this expanse that the said protesters, who mostly spot dreadlocks and exhibit Rastafarian tendencies, spend most of their evenings. When asked about why they are protesting against the sale of the land, one of the red eyed fellows chanted ‘The concrete jungle eating our jungle man!’
The government through its spokesman has said it will not give in to the whining of delinquents. Addressing a press conference, the government spokesman said that orders have already been given to the police to arrest anyone who looks like Mungiki in the area.
Sources within the government have revealed to us that the forest has been sold to Libyan investors, claims which the Libyan embassy has declined to comment on. Our source tells us that the Libyans plan to build a seven star hotel on the contested spot.
Rumors have it that this is what the Libyan president Muammar Qadafi has in mind when talks about the United States of Africa.
Stay on the channel and we will be back after this commercial break.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Not in our accents
Statistics indicate that cases of men being drugged in Nairobi are on the rise (believe me, I was a victim). One wonders why this still happens when men have learnt to be careful over the years especially with 'suspicious looking' ladies who prowl places of entertainment.
Well, here lies the problem - the definition of 'suspicious lookin' . Being as Kenyan as we are, most men judge suspicious looking ladies to be Kikuyu. Most of the ladies from western Kenya have been assumed to be 'mafala' and since stealing is a trait to be associated with Kiuks, men think they can be safe when paying for the companionship of Luo and Luhya ladies.
News flash - wajinga wa western wameerevuka. 70% of the ladies drugging men around town are from western Kenya. They pass off as docile and since they are not Kiuks, men think they cant steal! Thievery is not a preserve of a certain tribe. As long as politicians will continue to use us and leave us poor, anybody might as well become a thief. Instead of fighting the people who are feeding off us (read politicians) we are busy judging one tribe as thieves, another as flossy and yet another as mafala.
Just go out, pick a lady from western because she is not from the thieving tribe and the only thing you will remember is the name she told you (She told me that her name was Mitchelle Achieng). This is because you will wake up after hours at a place you dont know with nothing on you.
These traits dont reside in our accents!
Well, here lies the problem - the definition of 'suspicious lookin' . Being as Kenyan as we are, most men judge suspicious looking ladies to be Kikuyu. Most of the ladies from western Kenya have been assumed to be 'mafala' and since stealing is a trait to be associated with Kiuks, men think they can be safe when paying for the companionship of Luo and Luhya ladies.
News flash - wajinga wa western wameerevuka. 70% of the ladies drugging men around town are from western Kenya. They pass off as docile and since they are not Kiuks, men think they cant steal! Thievery is not a preserve of a certain tribe. As long as politicians will continue to use us and leave us poor, anybody might as well become a thief. Instead of fighting the people who are feeding off us (read politicians) we are busy judging one tribe as thieves, another as flossy and yet another as mafala.
Just go out, pick a lady from western because she is not from the thieving tribe and the only thing you will remember is the name she told you (She told me that her name was Mitchelle Achieng). This is because you will wake up after hours at a place you dont know with nothing on you.
These traits dont reside in our accents!
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