UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES:

 

If only these were normal circumstances...

 

Then we would all be proud of our Independence and Democracy,

We would all be proud of our 86-year-old Dear Leader,

We would all be defending our Sovereignty and Territorial Intergrity;

But unfortunately.......these are not normal circumstances!

 

Oh, sure, if these were normal circumstances,

We would all be defending our Land and other Reform Programmes,

Yes, we would be united in the economic development of our country,

For sure, we would be standing behind our Gallant Revolutionary Leaders,

Yet unfortunately........these are not normal circumstances!

 

Under normal circumstances, we would be loving our Head of State and his Cabinet,

He would be winning all the Elections without rigging or "stealing" them,

We would not be beating up or killing Opposition members,

But unfortunately.....these are not normal circumstances!

 

Our Dear Leader would be calling for Independent Commissions of Inquiry,

When young girls like Rashiwe Guzha disappear and are not found,

When Cabinet Ministers get killed in mysterious car accidents,

When young men like Peter Pamire die in strange car accidents,

Yet unfortunately.......these are not normal circumstances!

 

For sure, we would be united against "Imperialism and Neo-Colonialism",

We would be building homes and markets for the poor BEFORE destroying

What is there already like we did in the so-called "Operation Restore Order."

We would be heartily supported by our kith and kin in the Diaspora,

But unfortunately.........these are not normal circumstances!

 

Our kith and kin in the Diaspora would be participating in the Electoral Processes at home,

They would be proud flag-bearers and happy patriots in the lands of their sojourneying,

They would be carrying the State President's picture in their wallets all over the world,

Yet unfortunately..........these are not normal circumstances!

 

Opposition Parties would be advising the Ruling Party in the Political and Civic Affairs,

They would not be engaging in Annual and Perennial Court challenges,

They would be behaving as proud happy brothers in their motherland,

But unfortunately..........these are not normal circumstances!

 

Opposition Parties would not be "assisting the enemies of the State",

They would not be planning street protests or civil unrest (jambanja),

They would not be "de-campaigning the Ruling Party" or "demonizing the President",

Yet unfortunately............these are not normal circumstances!

 

Oh yes.....under normal circumstances, our President would be readily accessible,

He would be disciplining the corrupt citizens. (even his own sister's children),

He would be apologizing where he would have gone wrong,

But unfortunately...........these are not normal circumstances!

 

The Ruling Party and Opposition Leaders would be holding joint-Press Conferences,

They would be speaking with one voice on matters of National Interest,

They would be participating in a Government of National Unity (if need be),

Yet unfortunately.........these are not normal circumstances!

 

YES, as a Nation we would be glorying or suffering together,

There would be no pockets of the 'filthy rich" versus the masses of the scavengers,

All land and natural resources would be fairly distributed,

YES, we would be a proud group of Zimbabwean patriots at home and abroad,

But, unfortunately, even the LORD God Almighty Himself

Knows that these are nowhere near normal circumstances!!!

 

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Rev Mufaro Stig Hove..THE RADICAL SOLDIER!!

 

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