RHYME UPON A TIME 

If you do not care about what you do Do not expect someone else to. And as the time goes on its way Stay mindful of the part you play...

The wind is blowing, that real Cape Town wind That can have you going ‘what kind? What’s with the deciding to be so stief? Why always...

Welcome to Cape Town Where we don't arrest Homeless People, we 'hand them over to the Courts' Where being instructed on how to deal with...

THE IEC has found that Helen Zille was guilty of spreading misinformation Helen Zille retweeted a doctored video from within the ranks...

Racist, racist,racist and such Is what the City tells us they're not, not much Not anti-poor, heartless, with no regard Concerned about a...

This sick City For the poor no titty Where say, too much passion For spirit, care and compassion Provokes the ire Of the landed squire A...

Die kinners vannie Ses Wat hie' op strate en in geboue nes Lag, sonder antwoord of vraag Wanneer iets ooit vir hul behaag? Die wat nou...

There was a White Lady from the South Couldn't keep the wolf from the door, lived hand to mouth Ended up on the street Without anything...

The Noon Gun is helluva loud Especially for someone under a PTSD cloud But it is part of who we are The reminder we were won in a war So...

The ongoing enabling of racism and bigotry that the The City Of Cape Town has now normalised as an approach for less-savoury Capetonians...

We have our use Not just victims of rank abuse Not just profiles to adhere to And foddered failure to wade through We were great once, at...

Stole the table Admission reserved Say 'come to the table' For those who need served Can't sit at the table No table deserved When all...

Heritage Walk, Constantia, 2019 I'll brace myself for some elbow - nudging and askance looks For traditionally, history - romanticising...

A heritage of loss From servant to the boss A legacy of pain Including those who think they gain A mess of ideology An apparent pathology...

I've wandered here And wept here, wept seer At loss I can't articulate And a body of pain, a sea, dictate An old sorrow and fresh...

You keep your positive If it means denying the negative From own experience in play The dark side also shares the day Shadows darken...

So why you look and kyk gelyk Is I miskien van gold gemake? Why do you smile and shake your head Was it something thought but unsaid? Why...

The weather does what weather will do But human behaviour affects it too Your purpose here, must adhere Alongside nature, aligned appear...

Help vir Henna, gee my krag, hou bors hou. Swaar dra al annie een kant, orals traan en rou. Verwëe en vervalle, te veel ongevalle...