See you next year
One and all I say
Separated as we are
By flooded roadways
And burnt-out bits and pieces
Down Sheffield Road

Africa Day has passed
On a continent disconnected
By the simplest of things

See you next year
One and all
Same place, same time
At the Moses Mabhida Library
For the Grade 7 Reading Competition

See you next year
One and all
Some faces familiar
Some new, some anxious
For the task ahead

I want to remind them
About reading for the love
Reading for enjoyment
In the Nal’ibali style

See you next year
One and all
gladdened am I
By some Grade 6 learners
Telling me they’ll read
In English next year

See you next year
One and all

Out Site C way,
At the Moses Mabhida Library’s
Grade 7 Reading Competition,
3 June 2015.

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