Mwenyenchi... the politics of Kenya

MWENYENCHI!

Wanjiku?

To that name I will no longer answer

I ascend to my rightful place

The high table, where I belong

I will be Wanjiku no more

I am the one

I too am citizen number one

No longer will I feast on salt less sukuma wiki

No more unsweetened tea for me

For I am told sugar is dear

No more bitter herbs of life

I too deserve better

I am Mwenyenchi

My scrawny buttocks

Are tired of sitting on a mass bench

That hard bench of lack and daily struggle

I am tired of empty promises

Tired of margarine poverty

I will no longer sit contented

For I a Mwenyenchi

I too will ride a sleek Mercedes

Black tinted windows

Air conditioning and leather seats

I will cross my legs sipping life

Enjoying the sweet things in life

Then I will roll down my window

Spit on your faces; throw up on your feet

For I am Mwenyenchi

And you, you are mwananchi.

I have learnt, albeit sadly

That I too was invited

But you shredded my invite

I will gatecrash the party

Bare my bony chest at the bouncers

Fill my hollow belly with air

I will snake my way in; I must

For I must take my place

My place at the high table

I too deserve the banquet

Wiping my snotty nose

With the sleeves of my rags

I will devour the delicacies

I will eat, vomit and fart

I will smile at your disapproving glances

Laugh at your shocked stares

For it is my land, my country

I am Mwenyenchi

From a distance I will hear

Hearken to fools chanting my new title

Scratching my smelly, unshaven armpits

I will surf the wave of success

The fools will chant

Mheshimiwa! Mheshimiwa! Mheshimiwa!

I will nod and smile knowingly

Thinking of the chanting sheep: Wanjiku

Exhausted and yawning

I will stagger to my appointed room

Pinch the nearest bum

She will smile at mheshimiwa

Her wedding ring notwithstanding

Stinky sweat, cologne to her

‘Oh! Mheshimiwa!’ she will moan

Then I will crush the linen with my weight

Fart loudly, a putrid stinker

Constipated by Wanjiku’s demands

Then drift off into Morpheus arms

Unfazed by bothersome Wanjiku

For I am  Mwenyenchi

And tomorrow

I will sign the new tender

That fellow Wenyenchi awarded me

To buy my silence.

07/06/17

S.K.Kyenze