On this day
we are urged
repeatedly
on morning SAFM radio
to honour the country’s
first president’s ideals

On this day
On no other day
Not yesterday
Not tomorrow

but

On this day
a Mandela Day
worldwide
in every ghetto
of the mind

On this day
in South Africa’s
Mandela Month
when we sound-byte
ritually prescriptively
in the glare of the selfie

On this day
no abuse of women
no abuse of children
no human rights abuses
no delinquency
no smoking even

not just
for 67 minutes

but
on this day

not just
on this day

but
every day
in your life

Is this just