Like the underdog chained
To the dinning chair
To await falling crumbs?
How long will the cheerleaders
Make mockery of my bondage
To caress the ribs
Of their Excellencies?
The putrid fart
Of their Excellencies
Released from bulging bellies
Rumbled my bile
And aroused me
To wage war
On this manacle.
The clang clang
Of this manacle
Will someday summon
Soldiers in solidarity
To join me
To wage war on manacles.
If no soldiers
Join me in solidarity,
The clang clang
Of this manacle
Will continue to cling
To consciences.
By Chidi Anthony Opara
"Some criticisms are inverted admiration".
Read more of my poems on:
AfricaResource:
http://www.africaresource.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=521:chidi-anthony-opara&catid=138:poetry&Itemid=344
Africanwriter: http://www.africanwriter.com/articles/483/1/Canaries-From-Arabia---Poems-by-Chidi-Anthony-Opara/Page1.html
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