<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392372" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ruins of Great Zimbabwe</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Porcupines hunted by eyes in the forest<br>Big men have made off with all the pangolins</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In Masvingo, eggs and bacon are served<br>The last tourists leave, pursued by secret police</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The hills of Chipinge were once green with coffee<br>The plains of Mozambique lay fallow beneath</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Sheraton Hotel was built golden and high<br>The Party HQ rose up higher, nearby</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Desperation seeks refuge in the arms of neighbours<br>Each fugitive branded a traitorous child</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Newborns dying, babies stunted if surviving<br>Immunity lost, reverence misconceived</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What father, once loved, devours his children? <br>What parent, in madness, eats its own young? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They were all his soldiers, his devoted veterans<br>Giving bodily fuel to the state-run machine</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Good old Uncle Bob, the colonials sang<br>To put their trembling daughters to sleep</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He understands, with his good heart and plans<br>Under the mask, wants the best for the land</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Bob Marley was wrong, prophets need not be sung<br>The moderates are revolutionaries in the long run</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now prosperity's tides beach on empty shelves, <br>Presidents building wastelands to themselves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392372" data-title="Ruins of Great Zimbabwe de Frank Bana" data-description="Porcupines hunted by eyes in the forest Big men have made off with all the pangolins In Masvingo, eggs and bacon are served The last tourists leave, pursued by secret police The hills of Chipinge were once green with coffee The plains of Mozambi..."></div> </div> </div>

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