after the accident
when I started walking again
after the accident
I decided to walk sideways
this pop song of the eighties
walk like an egyptian
found it stupid then
before the accident
but it was wise
I know that now
it was wise
egyptians are africans too
once very powerful
a great people, a wise people
I wonder whether their culture declined
because they stopped walking sideways?
Looking forward and backward
without having to turn round
they came from the back
they say they were three or four
no chance to see them
from the back
better be wise
better walk like an egyptian
learn from looking back
see by looking forward
what about the wound, you ask me
I feel it. I constantly feel it
no matter whether I look forward
or backward
constantly
I want to teach my children
I need to teach my children
convince them, persuade them at least
but they won't listen
won't believe me
they were three or four they say
did not carry their clubs for doing sports
no, never did sports, never
why did they have clubs
if they didn't do sports?
Why?
children won't listen
won't accept my knowledge
they are good children
but they don't know their father anymore
three or four
never saw my face
never saw my eyes
never saw my smile
never heard my voice
what about the wounds, you ask?
they say it was enough that I had
black curly hair
and dark skin
from the back
on my way home from work
used to work hard, work a lot
clean roads and parks
nice for people, for children
no dirt or rubbish
clean as in hospital
they say I was two months
some days more
after the accident
better be wise
after the accident
better walk like an egyptian
tried to teach new man
who cleans parks and roads
didn't want to listen
didn't know me
better be wise, man
I learned
I learn by looking back
I see by looking forward
better be wise
after the accident.
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