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Rupert Ruel Nonyane

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Poem "the empty tank":
- written March 2009
- published March 11, 2009
- viewed 37 times

Other poems by Rupert Ruel Nonyane:
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»the empty tank«

by Rupert Ruel Nonyane

feel the sound of stomach grumbling from my two kids,
blinded by dark tears of poverty that emerge often than never,

I see them holding onto their mugs cause drought has driven them out of their normality,
they are not thugs, just the unfortunate,

skills they do have but who will fund deserted soul eager to steal,

they searched far and wide searching for knowledge yet to find,
their dreams are vague which makes them to have little hope,
so they steal trying to feed their hungry soul,

they sleep in abandoned homes, with plastic to warm their hearts,

everything looks hopeless,
when the tank is empty
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  •  Zandile Mboneni: "This is very good. Many a time that we pass homeless kids and when they ask you for a peny you ask yourself why they dont go home"