Malalapype:

They call me junkie knave

I am ¹Malalapype

I fend from the streets

With no fixed aboard

Ditches are my home

I feed on garbage

A knave, With no family

To come home to

City drains are my home

All sorts of ²omalovu, ³Omapangwe

Have weakened my body

Often times I have mental strength

But have no home to go

I fear one more night

Before the final call, adieu

Malalapype is gone.

1. Malalapype- (Namibian context) Homeless person, dwells in City drains.

2. Omalovu- A Namibian traditional home brew.

3. Omapangwe- Hard drugs or narcotics.

Lazarus Gawazah.

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