You think you have
the unilateral decision
to become financially
independent
with some investment
that promises you
a monthly income
half a good pension.
You choke if you lose
the body is stressed
all bad things come
in threes.
It’s time for you to make
yourself a better life.
Will you?
Nothing’s more a guarantee
than seeing yourself
in the mirror each morning
you still hear the chairman
of your old company say
where you worked in the
suburbs of Sandton.
Africa.
For now you have to swim
ashore
across a melee of uncertainties
before you could think
of flying away
As your spouse hums
that same song you love.
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ZJG-Poetry’16.