PROSE

‘When u lidom with dog u go grap with fleas’

Baseless cultural swearwords

Spoken in hate for lack of tolerance

A self-regarding poke

At the womb of another

An uncaring violation

Of race and class

Spoken words flow as ocean waves

And vigorously smashes at the banks of reality

With a boomerang slap

Of generational fleapit parables

Lidom with dog ‘grap with fleas’

A sharp-tasting call to mind

‘Rain nor deh fordom’

‘Na wan man dormot’