do people live there –
there by the foot of the hill
with their goats and cattle
do their kids with no toys
play with rats and spiders,
eat snakes for cakes
how many storms have they battled with?
in shacks displaying their shame
to the eyes of the heartless,
who are these politicians fooling?
leaving children to fend for themselves
while their kids are well fed and fat
do people live there
there by the foot of the hill
with their goats and cattle
and with their dignity lost to politicians and their games,
how long shall they be ignored
by the government they elected –
Kgosetsile is a poet from Mangaung. He is married to a beautiful wife Bongiwe, and have three wonderful daughters. he has published two volumes of poetry the first titled “An African child and 2nd titled ” A walk through earth” he is currently polishing the third volume and hopefully have published next year(2024).