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VOICE RECORDING OF MY RANT POEM: "I'M LOOKING FOR MY COUNTRY"
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VOICE RECORDING OF MY RANT POEM: "I'M LOOKING FOR MY COUNTRY"

PART ONE of SIX

I’M LOOKING FOR MY COUNTRY

There is MONEY here and naïveté,

MIX the two together and you get a MANUFACTURED CULTURE

there is also rubble and puddle and there is a huddle of people

but somewhere, somewhere there is a country

take the trees don’t mind the BEES ignore the NEWS

that building gets put into a muddle the LINES get READ between

but I’m just looking for my country

the WHITE boys confuse their mission

the WHITE girls are taking it all for granted

put up a NO-ENTRY sign turn right turn left turn right turn left turn right turn left

SOMEONE screamed too loud or too late

SOMEONE chose, leaving me to pick up the pieces

the CAR LOAD shattered into a million REASONS

when the left explodes its called the ANC

when the right explodes all I see are SHARDS of Hitler and FESTERS OF IGNORANCE

and yet those that THINK get blamed for causing the CONSCIENCE to collide

but I’m just looking for my country

that man is quite SICK he looks quite healthy but on CLOSER inspection

his HEART is a sickly shade of YELLOW my PILLOW gets WET from all these tears

the years are turning into coagulation and YES your dress is a mess

but I’m just looking for my country

No no no NO NO I don’t mind what LANGUAGE you speak just speak the same language

as me if only you’d throw your tongue FAR enough all over the world

there are people with problems but the KEY the KEY has been to open the door

not shut it in his face his RACE is MIXED but that’s no sweat he’ll win the race

don’t you want to know what’s going on because

I’m just looking for my country

take the WINNERS and the losers don’t think twice we think we’ve paid the price

but it looks like they want us to pay more for their patience has been running THIN

and the drums BEAT in the distance of your HEART and you start to pay no attention

did anybody mention there was a country here looking for me?

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