RED HEAD TURKEY

RED HEAD TURKEY
HE`S JOURNEYED MILES
TO KAMPALA
WITH NO CLUE WHERE
HE`S GOING

RED HEAD TURKEY
HE`S EYES GLOW AND
FLASH TO ONLY STRANGERS
LIFTING HIM PLACES

RED HEAD TURKEY
WITH ALONG FLESH FLU
UPON THE THE NOSE TO
DESCEND THE BEAK
HE DOESN`T CARE

DIRTENING THE FLOOR
WITH HIS WATERLY DROPINGS
HE SLEEPS ON HIS LEGS
THOUGH SPINDLE AND TINY
THEY STRONGLY SUPPORT

RED HEAD TURKEY
STROLLING GRACEFULLY AROUND
THE YARD TORTURING INNOCENT
INSECTS TO FILL HIS CROP

SPEAKING A STRANGE LANGUAGE
LESS UNDERSTOOD THAN HIS ACTIONS
WHEN HE SPREADS THE BLACK COAT
TO SCARE THE TODDLERS IN RED

RED HEAD TURKEY
MADE COMFORTABLE FOR SUPPER
SWORDS SHAPENED TO STRANGLE
WATER BOILED TO SFTEN HIS
HARD BLACK COAT
RED HEAD MAKES FINAL EXIT

MY HONEST HEARTED ONE

I LOVE YOU MY CUP
THOUGH `PLASTIC` TOO LONG
IS YOUR NAME
FOR THERE `MUG
SHORT AWORD BUT SCARING

RUSTING NEVER IN YOUR MIND
FALL,KICKS ALWA2YS STRONG
BEAUTIFUL THOUGH WITH SCARS
THOUGH WITH HOT
NEVER DO YOU BURN

I REAALLY LOVE YOU
MY TUMPECO CUP
MAY THE GODS
KEEP YOU FIXED.

CONQUIERING THE BEAST

Rainy day always kept people indoors weather working or not. it so happened one particular Sunday that it stated raining at around 6:30pm when darkness gradually was conquering the light from the seeming-to-be tired sun.

it poured heavily that even kamagu who alwaystage

of rain water to fill his Jerry cans and later sell the water to "his lazy ones` as he usually called them.he found his way into the house and quietly sunk into his "mmazogont"

7:30PM,power went off.you certainly know umeme`s power table therewas total silence, only for our ears to obediently listen to the now drizzling rain.the place was now in total darkness as dark as a grave or dungeon.
"brian goto the shop and buy a candle"mamasaid .I rolled in bed as though i was suffering from stomach pain,and then the next was asrerious,`hurry up, lazy boy` this time she commanded instead.

knowing her very well i couldn't wait for beatings on such a cold dark night.Rising and throwing my blanket off,i picked up atotch andquickly stood out with my torch on,slowlyimovedit round for self assurance of security.

At the rooftop wasalonely white dove.wondering what the littlething was doing out onaroof top at this time,i picked astone-missile and gave itahard one which pushed it to the ground only to find it disappearing to the invisible world.
Happy about suchatremendous achievement i proceeded to the shop while whistling.

just around the corner close to the dust bin, an incident occured that proved to me that not all dogs like those whistling.
three dogs surfaced be4me.theylookedfurious,hungry and angry.could easily tell from the way they sniffed. was the other dove afriend of these three beast -like dogs.

as they got closer and closer and more close with more determination thay looked.I felt blood chilling down my spine and making no mistake i decided to flee for dear life while screaming unfortunately no body could help.
the three beasts surrounded me ready to devour there prey.why have i killed that white dove?Are these dogs really going to eat me up?where have they come from?those are some of the questions that came to my mind.

In every bad,there isagood .i also got the opportunity to look at these merciless animals at close range as they kept on coming closer and surrounded me.

there was this small one which looked abitxcited the way it waged its tail and stood its ears.it was grey in colour,had tinyblack eyes and ablack long nose. its tail how ever was long and haily like that ofasquirrel.the other one was white with black spots and of a medium size.

the third one was very big with that boxed face,big black bloody bold blinking eyes with hanging ears like thosebull dogs.the big thing looked hungry like starved lion and greedy like ahyna.
the big thing pounced onme like alactating hungry leopard

No body could help me at this time and i felt like kneeling down before to the dogs.Did i,no.immediately i turned to the super natural being for my rescue and with my strength i calledout Jesus!before the beasts finished me.
On hearing that name,they fled in all directions.oh my GOD,it was terrible dream.i knelt and prayed and thanked God for helping conquer the beasts.prayer moves mountains.

THE 'SAINTS DAILY MOVIE

It so happened that i visited heaven last month.At the main gate somebody clad in a brown cassock happily welcomed and handed me a guest card .This card was to help me reach every where except where God the father reigns from.
Having got such a golden opportunity,i would`t miss reaching the prominent `indiscriminate` but feared judgment throne of God -the-son.It was a serious occasion that left no Angel or saints relaxed,for they were serious beyond seriousness each one meaning business.
An angel waved me to a seat so I can set my tiered bones relaxed and have my brain switched on to witness the 'Saints daily movie'.
`Ding,dong,ding`` so the bell made it to command silence and attention.`Ladies and gentlemen get ready`.a fine soft voice was heard.
On a wide screen appeared a golden table with money and the Bible placed each at a respectable distance from the other.
Three candidates were chosen from among audience, and the game was, each to pick one of the two items from the table (but not both) and go straight to the judge-Jesus- and bargain for his entrance into the fun filled place of pleasantries(paradise).Little did it require one to pick both money and the Bible.

Candidate number one confidently and smartly walked to the table and picked money.
In his bargaining he was to use money for buying the Bible,cater for the sick,offer in the church and blah blah blah. However the judge maintained that, `happy are the poor for the kingdom of God is theres'detesting him.

The second candidate picked the Bible and proceeded to the bargaining table.`your word is life,my lord,for even the stubborn devil bows down to your word` he said.This was also disqualified and the audience murmured until the bell rang in command of silence.

A Jesuit theologian priest surfaced.On the selection table,he stared at both items and much closely at the 50,000 shilling note.
Amazingly he picked both money and the Bible.This action drew much more great murmuring from the audience.
with no time to waste he confidently walked before the judge and bowed in reverence.

`why have you chosen both as if you don`t know the rule of the game'asked Jesus.In defense the priest calmly said,`your majesty my lord, I hope and very well know that you watched every step of mine. I bowed to thank you for giving us such wonderful gifts`.(referring to money and the Bible) Basing on your word that earthly things should make us know heavenly things,i picked both`.he said.
The judge smiled at the priest and said `you are cleared.`The bell rang for us to get out for the show was over.

GOOD OR BAD, A THOUGHT'S PLAY

Once again in this column,may we set our selves for a broader discernment and understanding of the above notion as thrown to us by the all generations' challenging playwright from England,that's

''There is nothing good or bad ,thinking makes so"
My concern however is about the Lord`s gift of the colour ''BLACK'' which in many occasions has been associated with evil.
For this case we see even the StageProducing Directors (S.P.Ds) of plays,movie directors adopting it to highlight the always ''around the corner'' events of death,suffering, rape mention it.
It has also influenced the social ways of life of people for instace mourners have adopted to putting on black during burial.

The above and other incidences therefore have to me blindfolded the whole world,yet the same colour has been adopted for other much more aspects.
should we say such people are blind? or instead of them being blindfolded,they are the ones making the reality blind and even making it folded that they cannot see it.

Like Ngugi waThiongo,allow me speak to your mind basing on this article that ''weep not child,weep not child.''
The colour of our creator is still safe, for his omnipotence has made us blind and we have used on several occasions for which i now reveal to every body that the colour black is to us a BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

-Black coal is used for melting hard metals so as to have machines made and countries with such a mineral are called BLESSED.
-Black charcoal to majority of Africans is so useful that it can't be done away with .Maybe unless there is a move to have them fore go cooked food.
-The Black belts that are given to victors in games like judo,karate mention it.
-The black stone has always been and referred to as a final weapon for snake bites.
-Blacks (Africans) have been referred to as Blessed for their having a Good climate and to the occupants of other continents ,they call their friends ''Heroes'' who have ever been to Africa.
-Why of all colours must the youth put on black gurgles if not them telling me why they resent light in the disco halls
-This would be argued against if black was spared by the intellectuals but here comes the colour which occupies the biggest part of a graduation gown.
-Even in the religious context,while some catholic and protestant priests put on black cassocks,may the Muslim also think about the colour of the small house in the Mecca mosque if not telling me the colour of the most commonly put on Hijabs.
Why then do the majority of pentecostal pastors put on black suits? see the Orthodox priests. Sh sh sh sh (silence).Am still investigating why many traditionalists do their work in the night and when naked.