THE RAPED FUTURE

i am the raped future
look at me and you will understand
see the deep physical scars
inflicted on me by political thugs
the psychological scars of propaganda
the past and the present raped me
i am the raped future
now standing at street corners
facing shocking unemployment levels
waylaying travellers by the roadside
driven by need and not greed
selling pounds of flesh in bars and brothels
languishing in putrid prison cells
i am the bruised and battered future
eking a living on south african farms
vainly evading violent arrests and detention
waiting and waiting for deportation at lindela*
back home to face naked brutality
hoping that one day the sun will shine

* a prison in south africa.illegal immigrants arrested in johannesburg are usually held at lindela while awaiting deportation.