Bonbonniere: Tina Tamsho-Thomas' Poem

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Bonbonniere

(drumming in background)

I am Bonbonniere,
made in my masters’ image, elegant,
delicate, decorative, attractive, delightful,
veneered, refined, ornate, beautiful.
Emblem of Europe’s plundered wealth and power.

I am Bonbonniere,
possessed by prosperous, profiteering, predatory pilots,
predatory pirates who made their heap, their
pile, their mint, their ill gotten gains from madness,
insanity, misery, cruelty, base inhumanity, bastard brutality,
butchery, debauchery, depravity, iniquity,
gluttony and greed.

I am Bonbonniere,
from my exquisite minted mouth I wretched
Europe’s bitter anthem and sweetened the stench
of blood drenched world hypocrisy.

I am Bonbonniere,
owned by respected, up-right, self-righteous,
judicious, un-clean living, filthy rich, scum,
parasites feeding off the fat of the land.
African heritage, African land.

Bonbonniere: Tina Tamsho-Thomas' Poem

Bonbonniere

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