By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2017 Why are you so ruddy? The silky skin, so muddy? Who gave sacrosanct access? To the beauty of the gods? The blood of the erudite To cleanse before extradite To expunge moral decay Formidable, like cactus Ruddy, like the hibiscus Hereafter, now cleansing Epidemic weed, choking! The erudite, now cleansing!… Continue reading A Petal of Hibiscus