Running Away (Down Vilakazi Street)

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Running away
down Vilakazi Street
on morning television
a Sunday morning
African-time start

Running away
down Vilakazi Street
no crime committed
no child abused so far
as we all can see

Running away
down Vilakazi Street
green scenery all round
streets squeaky-clean just
for this particular occasion

Running away
down Vilakazi Street
and other landmarks
(like M. Isaacson High)
post-apartheid June 1976

Running away
down Vilakazi Street
all shades of clothing
shapes and sizes too
(even foreign humankind)

A new world order
running away in Soweto
post-Afrikaans protests
normal sport taking place
in our almost-normal society

Amusing myself at the goings-on throughthe picture-perfect greenery of the Soweto Marathon, Sunday morning,1 November 2009.

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