THE DAILY POEM: All Same White Man Do
Some days main wife come along
Take Zulu man and black umbrella
Go down church hear holy fellow
Teaching book and make we better
Shaking hands and singing songs
And eat him one thin nailed up god
All same white man do.
Brian Mackey is a doctor living in West Cork, Ireland. His poetry has appeared in literary magazines here, and abroad. He is currently working on his first collection.
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