SHADOW THAT RESIDES

SHADOW THAT RESIDES

he must have nigh
a hundred cyber
lovers by now

trillions of synaptic connections
but does he have the Ram
Rom brain space
to hold
    cherish them all

beings of bit and byte
whose love
and desire but an
inflection of text

behind
which veil who knows
the truth
     being learnt
the shadow that resides

WHEN THE POEM READS …. YOU! reading my poems at Marionhill Monastery KZN RSA 2005

GHANA GIRL

GHANA GIRL

my Ghana girl
    born with the balance
of all
  under her sign

know she is cooking fish
plantains and cassava
in her kitchen

        would like to be
the menu in her kitchen

to do which, to be
which

I have to cross every
great divide      but    shout
whisper
      she no longer
      hears me

the airwaves no longer
party to any
    seduction of mine