Dichotomous Existence

By Vusi Moloi © 2009

To stick to the ground like glue
To embrace hereafter to subdue
To subdue the dichotomous
To vandalize the thalamus
Hereafter dichotomous existence

To disown like illegitimate gain
To scar the innocent membrane
Cellular bond weakening
From itself partitioning
Cracked by acoustic thunder
Forced hitherto asunder
Hereafter dichotomous existence

To contain using the forensic
To diminish using the agnostic
To dematerialize survival
To disjoint trust that belongs
Gentle restraint invisible adhesive
Embraced hereafter oppressive
Hurtful membrane of the thalamus
Hereafter forever dichotomous

Contextual Commentary

Discriminatory avoidance learning is the most stressful experience on the plasticity of the cellular membrane of the brain cells of the organism. It disrupts memory formation and pulls the equilibrium away from tranquility and rationality. The Canadian society of Ottawa subjects some members of her population to this form of extreme stressful experience. The gentle oppression, as practiced by the great society of Ottawa, has inculcated a permanent sense of dichotomy in the minds of the socioeconomically disenfranchised communities forcing them to forever struggle with a painful legacy of identity crisis. Like the disenfranchised children of the beautiful cuckoo, the members of these communities are forever reminded that they do not belong.
Vusi Moloi, The Indomitable Mongoose, Canada, 2009

About the Author

A former South African Television Journalist, Vusi Moloi is a published author of a contextual poetry book, A Goodbye To My Little Troubles, and maintains a blog, Zulumathabo on the Internet.