POETRY

Every Body Has a Right But Who Is a Criminal?

A philosopher produces ideas, a poet poems and a criminal produces crime.

A criminal produces not only crime but also criminal laws, police, criminal justice, constables, judges, hangmen, juries and with this also the professor who gives lectures on criminal law that is thrown to the general market as a commodity.

Criminals also lead to the development of productive power that can be shown in detail. Would locks have ever reached their present degree of excellence had there been no thieves? Would the making of bank notes have reached their present perfection had there been no forgers?

Would the microscope have found its way into the sphere of ordinary commerce but for trading frauds? The criminal breaks the monotony and everyday security of bourgeois life.

We describe criminals as people who abuse our security and rights.

But tell me who is a criminal when a member of parliament is involved in a traveling scam but is only given a light sentence? Even the government’s law protects a criminal.

Tell me who is a criminal when the rich get tax-cut back from the government just because we are ignorant? Even the government’s law protects criminals.

Tell who is a criminal when corruption is involved in the arms deal but they don’t want to reveal who is a criminal? Even the government’s law protects criminals.

Tell me who is a criminal when the bosses pay you for 2 hours and you worked for 24 hours a day? Even the governments labour laws don’t protect you but they protect the bosses when you toyi-toyi.

Tell me who is a criminal when the school locks their doors on a student because his/her parents cant afford school fees? Even the government’s law doesn’t protect you.

Tell me who is a criminal when you are evicted from your home because you can’t afford to pay or you are unemployed? Even the government’s law protects the criminals.

Tell me who is a criminal when you vote for a party that doesn’t deliver on its manifesto? Even the government’s law protects the criminal.

Tell me who is a criminal when you vote for a person but he crosses floors? Even the government laws protects criminal.

Tell me who is a criminal when the law protects the criminal? Even the government’s laws are criminal. Tell me who is a criminal when the people are demanding the freedom chapter but it is not implemented?