Jack Mapanje Quote

No, your grace, I am no alarmist nor banterer, I am
Only a child surprised how you broadly disparage me
Shocked by the tedium of your continuous palaver. I
Adore your majesty. But paramountacy is like a raindrop
On a vast sea. Why should we wait for the children to
Tell us about our toothless gums or our showing flies?

Of Chameleons and Gods (1981). On His Royal Blindness Paramount Chief Kwangala