Thanks Mboge, and yes I have strong views on the dispute at the core of this poem


LJDarbo


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 From: Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 12:37
Subject: Re: [G_L] THE LAMENT
 

LJD,
 
Nice one, indeed.
 
Mboge


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

The Lament
>By
the roadside
>On
way to their village 
>With
hands under chins
>Sobbing
gently, crying audibly, wailing sadly
>And
rather incomprehensibly, intermittently laughing hilariously
>As
if on cue, they then loudly uttered a succession of expletives
> 
>A perturbed
oldie traveller 
>Chancing
on the melancholy six
>Gently
enquired what be the matter
>One
after one the suspicion 
>The
very strong suspicion
>Invisible
invaders were about in their village
> 
>My
brother’s body found on outskirts of village
>My
father disappeared from village mosque
>My
cousin abducted from village football field
>My
uncle in prison for telling stories to village chief
>My
sister beaten for not clapping for distinguished visitors to village 
>My
nephew with village chief for writing nonsense about distinguished visitors
> 
>So
we sobbed
>So
we cried
>So
we wailed
>So
we laughed
>But
we also shouted expletives
>And
even more expletives to temporarily drown our sorrows
> 
>But
we were called uncivil
>Uncivilised
even
>By
others also condemning the invisible invaders
>For
shouting a few expletives 
>At
the traumatic invisible invaders of our village
>What
utter nonsense this
> 
>The
oldie traveller agreed our expletives we should escalate
>For
death is infinitely worst than the worst form of expletives
>For
disappearance is worst than a few mild expletives
>For
abduction is worst than a handful of expletives
>For
unmerited imprisonment is worst than occasional expletives 
>For
physical abuse is worst than few expletives directed at the village traumatizer 
> 
>How
misplaced this ridiculous lament of our civilised and cultured men and women 
> 
> 
> Lamin J Darbo
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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