Sorry I kept you waiting
A fellow jests now done
With his sight-seeing
Of the world’s largest
Floating bookshop
The Logos Hope
Is here for all
And we queue
As in 1994
For there are
Many folks here
Wending their way
What might that say
About the culture
Of reading we have
Surely that it is
Happening
That all is well
Three of us chat
Meeting on the train
(Metro-hell turd-class)
About the state education is in
Homeward-bound
Empty handed
(Out-priced we were)
There are many
Folks here too
Wending their way
None has a new book
Who are these folks
(Wearily clothed)
Where have they been
A Tale of Two Cities
Still
“Hope sails into Cape Town” (People’s Post Lansdowne, 21 June 2016), as “City wins top travel award” (Cape Times, July 8 2016).