black white black white stripe black stripe white stripe now you see me now you don’t across the zebra crossing herds of zebra crossing cantering across the veldt each baby recognizes its mother by her stripes how do they manage that? they all look the same to me they all look the same those animals, how do they manage that? they all look the same those people, how do you tell them apart keep them apart white stripes on black backs white stripes on black tar roads black white black white zebra stripe cricket whites

bat against the cricket all blacks black balling white strike out black white black white now you see me now you don’t across the black stripe white stripe zebra crossing can you see me can you see me zebra crossing black stripes white stripes you bleached your black hair white black quills with white points black hair with bright bleached tips sticking up like porcupine points of light in the South African sun, porcupine quills of black hair white hair black white porcupine quills black and white sharp points in the South African sun

Suitcases reveal scenarios and stories of travellers, refugees  and immigrants….