the struggle is food
age-old rule of bloodhounds
gives birth to revolt
the sharp teeth of class struggle
chew off whole epochs
we have travelled a long way
in soweto
we were matadors
trickling bullnosed war tanks
and learned
how much a brick
can bleed a bullet to death
– Bheki Langa, Isandlwana Incarnate’, written in 1979 on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Isandlwana.
