Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Of Policies And Capacities

"...termites and maggots of corruption..."

this economy has whiskey
how can it be so drunk and risky?

the poor say the prognosis is easy
for this country has a terrible leprosy

termites and maggots of corruption
and governance constitute its destruction

police please arrest someone willy-nilly
for intoxicating this economy silly

policies please be competitive
for the businesspeople are restive

there is need for industrial production
as much as there is noise about indigenisation

no direct investment as the economy is very weak
the country's prospects of economic recovery are bleak

a show of lack of confidence in the leadership and its policies
returns on investment against declining mental and physical capacities






Article © Ndaba Sibanda. All rights reserved.
Published in the April 25, 2016 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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