</>Words make things of matter more tangible <br />Words make humans understand <br />Words, weapons, wounds, where warriors <br />Read and comprehend <br /> <br />Adam, Bruce, Catherine <br />You know your A, B, Cs <br />I won’t name names, I’ll only speak <br />Now try your hand at these: <br /> <br />AmaTola, aBantu baseCacadu. <br />Not the T for tut-tuts <br />Nor the B for butchery <br />No, not the C for clean-cuts <br /> <br />Settle your tongue on your pallet, slight <br />It is the T for Toro’s inTroduction <br />Now part with buble, soft. And on your lips <br />Lies the B for uBuntu. The C requires suction <br /> <br />These are natural sounds <br />Whose meaning lies in saying them right <br />If you have heard a clock tick, a cat cry <br />You couldn't mistake that sound at night <br /> <br />Cultural relativity was one-sided <br />we voiced your words particular <br />Now say our Bs, Ts and clicks <br />It's time you spoke venacular <br /> <br />For as long <br />(and it is long) <br />As my name is Gcazimbane <br />You will not say it wrong<br /><br />Nkululeko Mdudu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/names-19/
