For Generational Wealth
words: Manka Menga photo: Harry Ondoa
Heritage
as certain as the heart
heaving in my chest
I am bespoke wealth
beyond sensibilities
a puppet somewhat
became of me
in a stupor.
I served the holy capitalist
adored its gods and
ailed in its deficits
bed bound yet diligent
enthralled with all manner
of insolence
and in the solace of the death
fluttered carefree
right into my reach
the honour of my divinity
a catalyst for change
an afro-renaissance.
At the wake
after the kings and queens
have discovered themselves