made right here
in the country-beloved
by our own hand
(for a living wage even)

It’s a brand new suit
the emperor has
new clothes
(says he)

the emperor has
new clothes
the emperor is
not naked

It’s a brand new suit
not brand-new
second-hand
(Peter Tosh style)

like our nation-state
recycling and repackaging
the old anew

(old apartheid hands
support each other
in supporting
apartheid’s last)

The proverbial
new bottles
old wine
new labels

(we fail if
we don’t plan
do we plan
to fail)

It’s a brand new suit
we onlookers
we spectators
we outsiders
get to see

will the morning
bring that promised
New Dawn

In case you missed it (says SAFM radio’s 10pm “Headspace” presenter), the country’s point-scoring exercise – or SONA, had its moments.