We come together as one

For our common good we came

 

Or this we told ourselves

That mine by the first, we aimed

 

If only we can do it like this

What do you think?

Your suggestion is coarse

Like well packaged filth

She answers maliciously

Envy, jealousy and hatred directing her senses

 

Insolent, abominable bitch, senseless whore

Enemy of progress, hater of success

How dare you wash down my well- thought- of ideas like that

You who was not properly home taught

 

Me! You will see that bitch today

We fly at each other

And tear out each other’s hair

Commotion in the house

Confusion our best friend

We take sides

That our side wins, we aimed

All policy of common good forgotten

The need to fortify our city

Thrown out the window

We engage in this battle of wills

 

Ahh! Our city is under attack

Our walls, an unfinished project

Wide open like the broad way to damnation

No gates to shut them out

We have no defense

We have no strategy

 

 

We have no tactics for war

Our attackers take us by the wind

We become slaves, serfs and peasants

Toiling for others the gain to gather

 

In this trauma of ours

We remember those days

When we used to be

A blooming and flourishing nation

Flowing with milk and honey

Devoid of strife, hatred and envy

 

We are not where we should be

Priceless but sold for so little

We are cut off

Our future is not certain

Slaves, we shall always be

Because we are a city divided against itself.