In My Country

In my country they jail you
for what they think you think.
My uncle once said to me:
they'll implant a microchip
in our minds
to flash our thoughts and dreams
on to a screen at John Vorster Square.
I was scared:
by day I guard my tongue
by night my dreams.

Pitika Ntuli (Azania)

Ref: Poetry Book, English In Units, by John G. Fahy