By Duane Udd
Racist taunts from Chinamasa
Made Roy Bennett cross the line
Minor scuffle led to trauma
Jail was worse than any fine
Justice more than once miscarried
Babe knew naught of lost Estate
Nor how much Heather was harried
Brutalized by greed and hate
Tortured thoughts of one in prison
Suffering subhuman woes
Lice enjoy incarceration
With its excremental clothes
Freedom led to swift self-exile
Branded with new trumped-up charge
Treason in false weapon stockpile
One more travesty writ large
Promise of assured protection
Brought him back with hopeful heart
But denied his new position
Prosecutors made fresh start
With stale case and perjured witness
They made mockery of law
Tomana robed in absurdness
Ought to shamefully withdraw
Are they bent on a death sentence
Or eventual amnesty
To prop up their crumbling pretence
That Zimbabwe’s really free
Keep Roy Bennett here between us
Lend support through thick or thin
Justice can emerge victorious
Evil forces must not win
© duaneudd.com 18th Nov 2009
