Our Programme for the future

There is a myth doing the rounds

That we no longer have a need
For a conscious revolution



There is a myth doing the rounds
That radical politics is reactionary
For a civilized population



There is a myth doing the rounds
That Black people have become racist
For a theory of evolution



There is a myth doing the rounds
That Black women are too angry
For a role of reproduction



There is a myth doing the rounds
That continental Africans are ready
For a project of neocolonization



There is a myth doing the rounds
That queers are poster children
For a large-scale demonisation



But this the programme for the future



We refuse to sing love songs
In the midst of hate crimes



And



Africa will no longer be a woman
Embodying fourth-nationalism



The programme for the future
Will entail the criteria for admission



And



By the time we are done with you
You will understand our need
For a revolution



In world beaten into submission
Warped by the vagueness of a prefix
Post-race
Post-sexism
Post-Black
Post-Patriarchy
As if the postcard in your post office box
Did not box me!