

Undercover Raccoon
The raccoon’s always ready for an undercover task.
And that should be quite evident; he always wears a mask.
Some work as detectives, secret agents, double spies.
Be wary of his messages; they often will be lies.
You will not see him often as he works by stealth at night.
He plies his trade beneath the moon and sleeps by morning light.
He’s furtive, yet successful. He will very seldom fail,
this undercover mammal — from his mask down to his tail.
by Denise Rodgers

Our nature
Nature dances to no ones rhythm except her own
She sits proud and arrogant on her thrown
She is inconstant, up one day and down the next bout
Like an ocean tide going in and out
Nature is born of the universe
Or is it that she is one with the universe
Nature is inconquerable
Nature is invincible
Nature is beautiful
With an abundance of mysteries, she is bountiful
Nature is original law
When there was no man, she was there before
Nature bore us
Nature is us
Mthoko Mpofana