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Kenya: voting dilemma

Written byNdesanjo Macha
Posted 5 April 2007 23:51 GMT

My Voting Dilemma – A poem by Kenyanpoet:
This paradox of how a piece of paper
With X and ticks marks like an exam paper
To examine my literacy and disarm my prayers
Malcolm X and Nike labels
Tick no and X or cancel yes
No I don’t want yes
My answer is no
And so I will cancel

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