Like Plato’s Pharmakon, both
a poison, and a remedy
You give with one hand
what you take with the other
With your IMF loans, with
your World Bank hypocrisy
your big pharmaceutical companies
your patented oligarchy
Everyday in Africa,
thousands die
of your pseudo-generosity
your humanitarian interventions
your transnational institutions
WTO, MONSATO, NATO, UNO, NGO
Like Plato’s Pharmakon, both
a poison, and a remedy
You give with one hand
what you take with the other
I used to dream
as a child
of a world
without adults
Little did I know
that this kingdom exists
A land of terrorists, fundamentalists
and child soldiers
Long ago,
their parents died
of a monster called Kony,
or is it Western aid(s)?
AIDS, HIV, ARV, for Anti-Retroviral Therapy
In Jo’Burg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria
Everyone knows who’s the enemy
His name is BAYER, NORVATIS, or Abbot
Laboratories
Like Plato’s Pharmakon, both
A poison, and a remedy
Who give with one hand
What they take with the other
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