FOR WHOM THE STORY TOLLS.

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For Whom The Story Tolls

From bling bling to the pollipolly

Mmy people, Mmy people.

Ya hot like piri-piri

Your lands are plenty-plenty.

Yora Chan-ga, Chokora, rockstar

Supernova paranoia helter-skelter

Daily-Dollar searching, neverever finding,

Ya pockets empty for pleasures plenty.

Living on 2 dollars-a-day and a family-of- 5

needs-a-ChrisOfili-a-YinkaShonibare-

half-a-MoshekwaLanga and 7-WangechiMutus.

How-about-a-pint of Ibrahim-El-Salhi washed down an- Iba-N’Diaye.

Oh to taste a Cheri Samba, a-Cheif Jerimoh Burumiah, a-simple-Soly Cisse, a-Charly-D’Almeida, a-Twins77 
what-about-a Ouagadougo cocktail of Emmanuel-Kavi 
mixed with Alex da Silva topped with a Suzanne Ouedraogou.

Lumumba, Gadaffi, Mugabe, Idi Ami 
mean, 
mean, 
what do I mean?

JP 05/03/15


*N.B. The Title, "For Whom The Story Tolls" comes from NO MAN IS AN ISLAND by John Donne read by Joe Pollitt - Click to Listen.