Mosi oa Tunya Literary Review ISSUE #2

-There are still poets-
DAVID CHASUMBA, SNR
Though our liberators have become dictators
There are still poets...
Though our liberators have become dictators
There are still poets rhyming at this hour
Of tyrants who win at any cost
Of dictators snorting cocaine of power
And of young girls they deflower
Of liberators who have become emperors
Sitting on citadels of power
Of tyrants that do not empower
The starving masses.
Though our liberators have become dictators
There are still poets
With eyes to see tears, and ears to hear fears
Of the oppressed masses.
Though our liberators have become emperors
There are still poets to witness, as they must
The hour when emperors stumble
When citadels of power crumble
When dictators return to dust.
David Chasumba, Snr is a 47-year-old, Zimbabwean-born, short story writer and poet. His short stories
have been published on the Africa Book Club website and in the following anthologies: The Bundle of
Joy and other stories from Africa; Momaya Short Story Review 2015; and Small Worlds and Reflections
anthologies by the Brighton University Literature Society. His poems have been published in Tsotso
Magazine, Writers Scroll, Parade, Moto, and Mahogany. David used to be a member of BWAZ (Budding
Writers Association of Zimbabwe) in Harare. Currently, he is a Social Worker and lives with his family in
the town of Bexhill on sea, East Sussex, UK.