We Two Too

We two too
would have been
out Blomvlei Primary way
had we remembered
to be
 
We two too
Lansdowne librarian Ian Gordon
and left-handed I, David Kapp
 
We two too
support the cause
of Equal Education’s
Campaign for School Libraries
 
one school one library
less than one percent
of the education budget
is all it would take
 
less than one percent
of the education budget
for a library in every school
in the country (over 10 years)
 
We two too
then read about
your home from home
(out Hanover Park way)
where you will grow
after the school day
 
We two too
the two of us
we too
forgot
 
How many more
have forgotten
(or not yet discovered)
the joy of books
and libraries too
Quite mortified am I, at our forgetfulness, reminded by the Cape Times article “Equal Education opens another library” (CT, February 28 2011) of the grand event.
 
David Kapp, david_kapp@yahoo.com