What do they learn (in school today)
a hawker deliberate
she open-mouthed at the youths of today
unmasked undistanced
outside their local high
What do they learn
in school today
assembling now
up close and personal in our Covid-19 era
do teachers not teach about these new times
about this invisible enemy
along with the other
linking all pandemics in critical thought and analysis
(do they just stick
to the usual to the syllabus to what is dictated
not wanting to stir)
What do they learn
in school today
it being just a day
before June 16
a Public Holiday
are there doctors here
epidemiologists too
gathered boisterously
it being just a day before a Public Holiday
Remembering June 16 1976
of struggles past and present
South Africa’s Youth Day, June 16 2020
(Photo Credit: Simon Fraser University)
