<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397446" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A statesman: then and now</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He stands on the podium<br>with his hat<br>in his hand<br>pressed against his chest</div><div style="margin:10px 0">on the border with Angola<br>in his country<br>(as he still rules<br>over South West Africa) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and his bare head shines<br>under the bright Africa sun<br>where he himself was born</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and Ratel armoured cars, <br>tanks, rocket launchers<br>and artillery drive past in convoys <br>back from Angola<br>to get a salute from him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He stands like a giant<br>alone against dark Africa<br>will nuclear devices<br>waiting ready in bombs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and missiles<br>for ballistic purposes<br>are being manufactured.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Later lump after lump <br>of sand<br>falls down in his grave<br>while a lost journalist<br>runs for photos around it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and he doesn’t any more know<br>what is happening <br>in his own country<br>and about thunderbolts<br>that falls from everywhere<br>on his people</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and rumble ominous <br>above his grave, <br>not even about water flowing<br>above him in a rain stream<br>and every sunrise<br>that without equal<br>unfolds above him</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and worms gnawing<br>patiently on his body<br>since every thing<br>fades for him to nothing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</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=397446" data-title="A statesman: then and now de Gert Strydom" data-description="He stands on the podium with his hat in his hand pressed against his chest on the border with Angola in his country (as he still rules over South West Africa) and his bare head shines under the bright Africa sun where he himself was born and R..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black