'kothas'

we love our pain
too much,
and the darkness
of the night,
so we can gather
in our 'kothas',
to play the role
of pimps
and hookers,
of by-standers
and customers,
who only know
how to bait and taunt,
and bargain and sell,
their loud wares
in the name of tribe,
speaking to spirits
without forms,
and offering
this rotting flesh,
burnt at the stake
of everything inhuman,
where Love has forgotten
her blessed name.