Born a Crime

witch doctors—than they are to
visit doctors of Western medicine. I
come from a country where people
have been arrested and tried for
witchcraft—in a court of law. I’m
not talking about the 1700s. I’m
talking about five years ago. I
remember a man being on trial for
striking another person with
lightning. That happens a lot in the
homelands. There are no tall
buildings, few tall trees, nothing
between you and the sky, so people
get hit by lightning all the time.
And when someone gets killed by
lightning, everyone knows it’s
because somebody used Mother
Nature to take out a hit. So if you
had a beef with the guy who got
killed, someone will accuse you of
murder and the police will come