It’s not just
about cricket
at Ukhanyo Primary
out Masiphumelele way
Masiphumelele
let us succeed
despite ourselves
(a place that burns
in almost ritual a fashion)

let us succeed
because of ourselves
(Wordworks has enthused
about the library used
for their Early Literacy Programme
and teacher training)

It’s not just
about cricket
declares a cricketer-past
he impressed by how
staff and children interact
(a haven of safety and love
within the community he says)

It’s not just
about cricket
sport uplifting children
developing a bond between
communities previously
segregated from each other

(might they all melt
into that non-racial pot envisioned
rather than being kept fenced off
by our official forms mind-set
all in the name of statistics)

let us succeed
Masiphumelele
one and all