Dear Bambalaye,
The poem is beautiful. It is highly substantive for depicting the parasites
and their cronies hanging about the corridors of power in the Gambia and the
rest of the African continent. All they do is enrich themselves at the
expense of the taxpayers; preach what they practice not; repeat hymns of the
'national interest' and yet they sustain themselves through corruption and
injustice.
Let them take heed, for a day shall cometh when their immunity, indemnity or
respite will expire and they will be made to dance to the countless tunes of
scorn for the masses that they played.



The yoke of oppression must be shattered!

BMK







>From: BambaLaye <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: The Fungus Among Us - Poetic Therapy
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:27:46 -0500
>
>OK, I'm gonna try this again. I see that these things called "HTML"
>and "plain text" have jumbled up my mumble. Here goes again. I hope the
>format is intact.
>
>Bambalaye
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>
>THE FUNGUS AMONG US
>
>Destitute of the 'phyll for life
>Choice? None but a saprophyte
>Be you a single cell, mycelium or
>A system of entangled hyphae
>Parasite! But what else be you?
>
>
>Spongy morbid granulations
>Live how else? A proud flesh of wounds
>Amongst your fellow thallophytes
>You are none but the spong
>Sphongos be you do better absorb the plunge.
>
>
>The molds, the mildews, the rusts, the smuts
>Puff balls or toadstools. Oh! whata parasite!
>Only on animal flesh, where else to survive?
>Thee fungi no awe! You are low down there!
>
>"MAN MAA LEN JEPPI!"
>
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