: The poem claims to be "copied from" diverse sources—the Bible, prayer books, the New York Times, and even CIA/KGB files—to show its relevance to all facets of human life and surveillance.
: It invokes a pantheon of revolutionary figures, including Malcolm X , Marcus Garvey , Patrice Lumumba , Jomo Kenyatta , and Haile Selassie . Dis Poem
: Mutabaruka explicitly states that "dis poem is still not written" because it is a part of an ongoing, untold story that continues in the listener's mind. : The poem claims to be "copied from"
Rather than telling a linear story about characters, "Dis Poem" tells the story of . the New York Times