KINO YVES
Yves
you swallow continents
pedalful at a time
expending more energy
than the whole of Europe
(no wonder
you eat so ravenously
and with such
miraculous delight)
Morning you guys. Let’s
get going Onward to Lusaka!
moon buggy astronaut of
the whole of
Africa
Emperor of handshake
in his slowly slowly chariot
of joie de vivre
“are you
for real?” they ask him
and
he does alter perceptions
pre-define reality
inexorably, beautifully
edging your way down to
Cape Town
bringing
out the best in us
all of South Africa it seems
waiting for you
screeching to an ecstatic emphatic halt
when, to their total belief
they see you, catch you,
pass you
dodging through Mother
City traffic
munching lunch
in their neighborhood
his little candle bringing
light to
us all
slowly, exquisitely slowly, guys,
wending its way
from France to
Agulhas
cape of needles, furthest point
South where
oceans meet
poems 2 die for 