Poetic Sins by Nonkululeko Godana

Poetic Sins by Nonkululeko Godana by missgods

A (s)word started it all

Formed a sintence

That (b)leeds us to this verse

Poetry rushes down the veins

That make U and I

Brother and sister

Incestuous kisses

Lead us into bleeding temptation

Long drives in poetryships

Take us onto

Offramps to enslave us

Into curves of ‘high accident zones’

Passion’s fires

Toast magwinya dreams

In Khosi’s eden

Lust cannot be glossed

As his tempting aroma

Travels into young Eve’s naked mind

And chokes her with images

Of a protesting infant

Suckling on precious milk

Sweetscented caresses

Start to taste bitter to the skin

And remind us of why

U and I

Shouldn’t share in this sin.

                                                                          © Nonkululeko Godana 2003