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Down Time-Avenue
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3 Wading the Tide Down Time-Avenue Blessed I am from that triangle to emerge the heart of love, peace herself, the melting pot of all that nature can award to a limb: the heat, dryness, and sandy terrain of the north; the forest decked with freshness. and richly foliaged giants; the waters and humidity of the South, South-West. and the East; the beautiful greenery of the undulating grassfields of the North-West. The beautiful and welcoming smiles on the faces; like a pentecostal brood they are gifted in tongues. A peace-loving flock, yes I'm blessed indeed: the rich game on land and in water nature's seal of love. But down Time-Avenue my heart aches: from afar I hear the muted cries of a people who know not how to handle a strange tide as those to direct and protect, like a purgative, drain the entrails and leave the triangle hungry; their deeds the butcher's hatchet that dissects. They care less what our plight is; at all cost they seek the steering, even against the wish of passengers who dread the many ghastly accidents social , political and economic - 4 Uprising these drivers have barely survived, thanks to "chez nous." From yesterday to today, I wonder in awe, for never before could I have imagined a day like today. The Seasons Appearance, not ideas, they cheered; words, not actions, they praised; hibernated hopes out of mental cocoons emerged. Faces radiant with smiles at the arrival of a "messiah," the start of a new season. Appearances now fading without the materialisation of ideas their cheers to maintain; words now confused, no actions their praises to preserve. The faces are gloomy, those smiles gone, their hopes dethroned by despair. The times are worse, the tide of a new season. Eyes are on the horizon, with sighs smuggled out that respiration may survive: disillusionment, the trademark of the contents of the heart. On the faces displayed: longing for the arrival of a genuine messiah to free my people, the hopes of a new season. ...