You go to work every day,
come back and eat,
then go back to sleep
You do that every day
except Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays
because you're drinking alcohol,
getting drunk,
coming home late,
sometimes not coming back ...
lying to your wife,
saying you slept at your friend's house
You beat your wife
You beat your wife and kids to death
while you're drunk,
As if you're fighting
with another guy
Why, why, why, why
do you abuse women?
Where is your responsibility as a man?
-Mbikazi Godlo
Good for you for challenging "him," Mbikazi. It is a confounding question, isn't it? You ask it so creatively, and that's where the art comes in. Wonderful poetry.
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