the famous writer

 draws a line 

between

those that can speak

and those deemed to be

always unheard

the famous writer

tells the unheard

to refuse telling their justified rage

bc their oppression

will be 

endless

its not worth the effort,

the famous writer says,

as they sit in their well-appointed house

sipping tea -

the tea that bears colonialism's signature

its best to do nothing,

the famous writer says,

look at me,

i have made my living

telling stories

abt post-colonialism,

and nothing has changed

the unheard regard

the famous writer

with a scepticism born of history

and slowly

turn away