TEBOHO PIETERSEN

We are looking at each other suspiciously  We’ve been warned there is crime in this area This is what the criminal looks like I am looking in the mirror  We look alike criminal and victim  I’m looking at how you walk, how you sway   Cause it’s what I’ve been told  How the criminal walks  I’ve got the same swag I’m looking at your eyes darting from here to there, wide, scouring  My eyes are doing the same  It’s what we been told the criminal does  Before they jump their victim  It’s dark outside just the type of place to bump into a criminal like you and me  Just the place for a victim to meet their end  It’s two guys walking talking, local, slang without a twang  They smoking, joking, bumping  Like how the criminal does  That’s what we been told  I’m scared and careful  I’m carrying my phone and wallet  I’m scared for my life  I’m scared of every vehicle  Scared of police, scared of ...

It’s too bad that I look at you with memory. With resentment.  It’s too bad that I remember what you did and didn’t do.  It’s too bad that I remember a fall out.  It’s too bad that I don’t see your beauty, your innocence.  It’s too bad that we’ve had our moments,  It’s too bad that there can be no easy redemption.  Its too bad that you  Its too bad that we  It’s too bad that we  It’s too bad that us  It’s too bad that time and memory  It’s too bad that suffering, loneliness  It’s too bad that separation  Its too bad if you don’t get it  It’s too bad I’ve given you a label  It’s too bad that I’ve accused you  It’s too bad that I’ve known you  Outgrown you, disowned you  It’s too bad you’ve known me  Showed me, your true colors  It’s too bad you loathe me  Created a phoney story  A narrative  A dissertation  Scripture  Beginning, middle, end  It’s too bad your ...