The Fall

Odwa Mniki 1998 (East London)



WHITE CRYSTAL DEMON
His reign begins with the flickering of a cigarette lighter.
A blue flame melting crystals in a glass pipe.
With smoke as white as a wedding dove,
He gives them energy and hype.
He makes his victims feel alive,
While destroying them from inside.
His mission is to put the youth in prison,
Make mothers bury their own children.
Turn brothers into owl-eyed monsters,
Who neither sleep nor eat.

Deceitful!

He makes his victims feel invincible.
He widens their eyes, while killing their vision. Keeps them awake, while stealing their dreams.
Its either his victims lose their lives,
Lose their minds or become thugs.
Turn them into vicious creatures,
Monsters willing and capable of raping their own sisters.
Like the vultures of the skies-they wonder the streets.
Looking for anything they can sell for a fix.
They are not just thieves, they are ready to kill.
Sisters are willing to get naked for any man with a wallet.
 “ ‘n toile vir ‘n lollie"
A phrase coined for the exchange of the joy of a sister’s thigh for a high.
He is not just puff and pass,
He is not just crystals of ice.
He is a destroyer, a destructor of character and a slayer of dreams.
He is The White Crystal Demon.

About this poem

The poem speaks of Crystal Meth a drug that has long terrorized and demonized young people from disadvantaged back ground.

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Written on December 04, 2020

Submitted by odwamnikio on July 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBXBXXAACX DEXXCCXXXXDXXXEA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,233
Words 244
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 16

Odwa Mniki

Odwa Mniki (Taifa Kuu) is a South African poet and short story writer whose work focuses mainly on the problems and challenges faced by the poor in South Africa. more…

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