Who is this boy? <br />Why is he here? <br />Is he demon or devil, <br />Dumb thing here to thin my hair? <br /> <br />His eyes are clean, <br />His small head and crown, <br />His looks menacing, <br />Shameless without a frown. <br /> <br />Tiny; troublesome boy, <br />here to annoy, <br />here to destroy; <br />I swear his head is alloy; <br />Yet he smiles like a toy <br /> <br />Unnorming, unconforming <br />Live-performing, <br />Unlending, unbending; <br />Life descending <br />From my brother-in-law's wife. <br /> <br />Tinkery, tinkery, clank <br />The dish-washer's prank <br />In my house or rank <br />and despicable lies <br /> <br />The Kid cries <br />while the child cheers. <br />Is all that he does <br />and all that he was: <br />Here to spit on my head, <br />here to burn my bed; <br />Blazing blasphemies <br />of truth and dread?<br /><br />Nkululeko Mdudu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/that-boy-8/
