A PLACE CALLED MANENBERG
Exodus – We used to live as one in our mother city Cape
Town underneath the shadow
of majestic Table Mountain. Every shade and religion
existed in a peaceful jubilant
utopia baptized District Six – A vibrant eclectic cultural mix
where the beat of our feet
signalled a nightly retreat to the famous seven steps –
There to show off our dance
moves hoping to impress the ladies and the gents
witnessing our happy dance as
onlookers cheered and jeered our artistic efforts but in the
distance dark apartheid
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