Off the Cuff 25: We Are Marching & The Galahs

APAD 25     prompt: a poem inspired by a song

Song: Siyahamba (We are Marching) - a gospel tune, songwriter unknown

We are marching in the streets today
We are marching in the streets
today
We are marching, parching
We are touching yay!
We are marching in the streets today.

We are living unsustainably
We are living
unsustainably
We are living, giving
We are thieving, oh
We are living unsustainably.

We are moving without power or love
We are moving without power
or love
We are moving, grooving
We are striving, yeh
We are moving without power or love.

We are marching, living
We are moving, but
We are stuck in problem-answer mass
We are marching, living
We are moving,   AND
we are suffocating in our trash.



The Galahs

The two of them
with heads cocked

about to launch
off the roof

no doubt to grub
out the roots

in several chosen
back yards.

Or considering
another round

of powerline
swinging, an

opportunity just to
have fun, cackle.

NaPoWriMo  25