His daddy don’t
Live here anymore
Says a mother soliciting
Some money for bread
Down Lansdowne Road
On Youth Day

On Youth Day
June 16
Soweto Day
Refashioned
To fit

His daddy don’t
Live here anymore
The little one scurrying
Ahead of his mom
Probably embarrassed
At her skarrelling

At her skarrelling
On Youth Day
Whilst others
Celebrate
Even commemorate

Even commemorate
And honour those
Gone before
Trampling the path
On June 16 1976

His daddy don’t
Live here anymore
Seems a constant
Refrain

On Youth Day
June 16
Soweto Day

Lest we forget
To remember

June 16 2015 it is,
in the locality.