I explain (a thing or two)

I explain (a thing or two)
 
I explain
a thing or two
to a young learner
 
she an ardent reader
chess player and now
its marabaraba too
 
and to our delight
she also shares
her learning
with others
 
(like each one
and teach one)
 
I explain
a thing or two
about a book
she is busy with
 
a few instalments of
The Young Children’s
Encyclopaedia
 
donated they were
by neighbours next-door
who intuitively bought them
at a market somewhere
and donated them to us
 
I grin to myself
as I think
of Pablo Neruda’s
I explain a Few Things
 
This I do as I recall
the Neruda poem read
at my trade unionist
father’s recent memorial
 
In death I want to be with the poor
who have no time to study it,
while those who have the sky
divided and deeded beat upon them….”
 
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(Photo Credit: YouTube / Maria Farantouri)
About David Kapp

David Kapp is a popular educator and poet living in Cape Town, South Africa.