Maybe God does not
Listen to prayers
With a stench
Of hunger
maybe he listens to
Prayers according
to the value of a tithe
sent with them
Or maybe the prayers
Of the poor are so
Loud they have
Rendered God
Deaf.
Siphiwe Hlongwane is an avid reader and writer of poems. Some of his work has been published on Praxis magazine online. He resides in Johannesburg, South Africa.