Wednesday 5 November 2008

General "Narcissus" Nkunda: Butcher of North Kivu and Conqueror of D.R. Congo! - A free verse poem by Kofi Thompson

He is a self-styled "General"
Whose crimes against humanity
Make those of the Bosnian Serb
General Mladich who is facing trial
For crimes against humanity
In the International Criminal Court
Pale into insignificance
Yet this Tutsi "General" Nkunda
Is responsible for slowly killing
A whole nation the size of Western Europe
In a brutal civil war that is backed
By his co-conspirator
The Tutsi General Paul Kagame
President if the fear-laden prison called Rwanda
In reality an unjust society
An apartheid state in which the minority dominates the majority
Over which he presides and represses
With cunning, fear and cruelty
And now flush with cash
From their vast mining enterprises in  Eastern D.R. Congo
They now seek to make all of DR Congo their wholly-owned subsidiary
And along the way to their goal
What does it matter that they are war-mongering
On an epic scale with misery
A gang-rape here and a little pogrom there
They are advancing towards their objective
With total impunity as they carry out their occupation
Of an African nation with untold wealth and unimaginable riches
The grand prize for tiny battle-hardened Rwanda
The unjust society that no one In a world of political correctness
In which truth dare not speak can touch him
Because once upon a time
Kagame's people were the victims of "genociders"
Their very own special-purpose nonce word
To which they have intellectual property rights worldwide
Brutality on an Apocalyptic scale
Puugh!
A mere stamp in their passport to the super-riches of the D.R. Congo
A giant of nation the size of Western Europe
Soon-to-be vassal a of tiny Rwanda
Through the agency of tall and handsome General "Narcissus" himself
The almighty "General" Nkunda who is getting away with the murder
Of a whole nation because he is a Tutsi
"General" Nkunda
Self-styled
Completely
In love
With his fantastic self
Soon-to-be head of state of DR Congo
His Excellency
Butcher of North Kivu
Stooge of General Paul Kagame
Strongman extraordinaire
Hypocrite supreme
Soon-to-be billionaire partners in the wholly-owned
Rwandan privately-owned subsidiary corporation D.R. Congo
With Tutsi "General" "Narcissus" Nkunda
Fearless and untouchable warlord
Completely in love with his own very handsome face
Masturbating daily whiles fantasising
About the unimaginable wealth that awaits him
And his mass-murdering business partner General Paul Kagame
His Excellency
The President of the Republic of Rwanda
And soon-to-bebOverlord
Of the main prize
The main chance
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Where he intends to follow in the footsteps
Of King Leopold of the Belgians
And participate in the brutal gang-rape that beautiful D.R. Congo
With "General" Nkunda
His Excellency
Soon-to-be President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Case closed
Sod the international community
Where were they when Hutus were murdering us Tutsis
Why should they murmur when we are only killing
A few hundred thousand here
And just making
A few millions miserable over there?
What does it matter that over 5 million Africans have died
From endless battles
Hunger
Sickness
Misery
Broken-hearts
Since 1998
We are conquerors of the Great Lakes Region
Salute us
We are untouchable
We are invincible
We are tall handsome Tutsi Generals
Do not dare
Speak French to us
Because we have indicted the French Establishment
For daring to insult us
But you can kiss our behinds
Thank you very much!
We are a couple of super-rich African dictators
We can make millions miserable
For they are mere pawns in our grand plans
We are very brave Tutsi warriors
We love fighting
And we do not fear the International Criminal Court
How many battalions and tanks do they have?
We are very handsome
So kiss our behinds
Thank you very much
Kinshasa here we come
Salute us
For our hour has finally come!

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