The Laterite Road by Tony Marinho

Author:Tony Marinho [Marinho, Tony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781467881791
Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
Published: 2012-01-20T00:00:00+00:00

9,500Km – Mama Solanke

The laterite road

Runway for runaways,

Livid with lies

Strewn with the

Detritius of humanity’s

Mechanical wonders,

Dying trucks, dead trains,

Mortuary motorcycles, plane pieces.

And man’s inhumanity to man -

Everywhere a beggars’ pauper parade,

Their suffering and ill-health

Reminds us of our misplaced wealth

On the laterite road

9,600Km - Kofi Anyidoho

On the laterite road

There is no dress code

Yellow is for

Cowardice of the militiaman

As he rapes someone else.

Duck is no bird

But sends you to the ground

Fleeing another stray bullet round

From an unknown overcocked police gun.

Chicken is not succulent

Sunday white meat

Or a virus.

It is how you feel faced with defeat

Head down the road,

Head down

Out of yet another defeated town

Burnt by police ‘your friend’ peacekeepers

On the laterite road

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