ALAN PATON
gmugendof
The Discardment Alan Paton
afaily
We gave her a discarment
Obect of ittICimportanejnsigniicant item ot
Atrifle, athing:no longer to be worn,< Onne
Gholds no alue Clo thing unnantcd by thc
Its purpose served, its life done.
She put it on with exclamations,
She is
Her eyesshone, she called and cried,
CxIdited!
She Sees The great bulk of her pirouetted pnnin
girt. te She danced and mimed, sang snatches of asong.alitenaion
poet
thincs its she called out blessings on her native tongue home languog
She called out to her fellow-servants
necessany.The the strangers and passers-by
To allthe continent of Africa
To see this wonder, to participate
teatrer Cñd status of bkct
In this intolerable joy. - OY ynoron pOpe in South Afrio
veyrappy/ the poct fecls guity
And so for nothing
uothrglueelces thirgs gien
inequali ty
bet recn
Is purchased loyalty and trust blac andnnite
a he hOS given, peoplc.
And the unquestioning obedience
hon
bactmuen he qCH & Therc is
Of the earth's most rare simplicity. guit
So for nothing PShotst linc
dornirg/uselSs things gin
The destruction of a world.
ab uecd the frust
(deetruchcn)
does no quCcticn theirlpple f
ho pory ColC)
gmugendof
The Discardment Alan Paton
afaily
We gave her a discarment
Obect of ittICimportanejnsigniicant item ot
Atrifle, athing:no longer to be worn,< Onne
Gholds no alue Clo thing unnantcd by thc
Its purpose served, its life done.
She put it on with exclamations,
She is
Her eyesshone, she called and cried,
CxIdited!
She Sees The great bulk of her pirouetted pnnin
girt. te She danced and mimed, sang snatches of asong.alitenaion
poet
thincs its she called out blessings on her native tongue home languog
She called out to her fellow-servants
necessany.The the strangers and passers-by
To allthe continent of Africa
To see this wonder, to participate
teatrer Cñd status of bkct
In this intolerable joy. - OY ynoron pOpe in South Afrio
veyrappy/ the poct fecls guity
And so for nothing
uothrglueelces thirgs gien
inequali ty
bet recn
Is purchased loyalty and trust blac andnnite
a he hOS given, peoplc.
And the unquestioning obedience
hon
bactmuen he qCH & Therc is
Of the earth's most rare simplicity. guit
So for nothing PShotst linc
dornirg/uselSs things gin
The destruction of a world.
ab uecd the frust
(deetruchcn)
does no quCcticn theirlpple f
ho pory ColC)
