Essa,

Good reading...  It is nice to have a Gambia-L with a broad range of intellect.  I'm sure your poetry will only add valuable zest to the forum.

Malafy "Mafy" Jarju



<P>            'Paaap!' paaap!' A fully loaded 'katsaambaar' departed from the kapok tree and gathered speed towards the ferry terminal.With my reddish eyes, sunken cheeks and a dusty 'sumbuya' hat i was endlessly trying to comfortably position my  torso  at a corner in that bush taxi.In order to complement the search for comfort, i utilised some of  that precious time and was chewing,hot,'afra'.</P>
<P>            After fifteen fifteen minutes,an old man happilly chose to share a piece of kolanut 'péliti-guru' with some of us. Was that an elementary lesson of socialism? Was that cooperation? Was that cohesion amongst the poor passengers? I decided to massage my tortured inner feelings with those challenging questions....</P>
<P>My brain started reeling facets upon facets! NO way! I couldn't escape that abstract lawyer who was cross examining conscience!</P>
<P>My imagination became more and more agressive.The more i thought of those messages i have been and i am still writing,the more i was guilty of not being able to share the concerns that urged me to write with those passeners who were happilly chewing kolanuts.</P>
<P>The 'lyrics' from their realistic analysis of every situation,made me think of the messages from that laptop i highly rely on! After clicking on and making  a thorough comparison,sometimes i do only see paradoxical analysis...Hi! realism...Will you agree with me when i say that, life is nothing else but a game of "win-or-lose"?</P>
<P>Politics is not a ridiculous frame but its rather a frame that says to you and me to be meticulous! That was what realism whispered into my ears.</P>
<P>I was completely numb when Takko M'bomri turned towards me and asked me a question in perfect mandingo:"Are you ill?" I smiled back and said:"No,no, but  i am  tired".This stirred my inner feelings again and i learnt a lesson which spontaneously made me ask myself another question....Are those messages from my laptop meant to teach these people or instead to teach me and those acrobats i do join, to enjoy our daily   intellectual gymnastics? I was being tortured by a lot of inner feelings that were unable to find a target to hit with their flaming spear!</P>
<P>Those passengers! those villagers! those happy folks! Do they really understand what OUR laptops vomit? My concern untill i see.....</P>
<P>                                                               Essa Bokarr Sey.</P>
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