USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Poet Lied Again

(Poem By: Chidi Anthony Opara)

 

The enslaved savant

With hacksaw

Set forth to the forest

To hack down the iroko tree

And cage the eagle

Perched

Atop the Iroko tree,

The mission failed.  

 

The bard in bondage

With binoculars seek instead

Wilted feathers

On the eagle's beautiful plumage,

No wilted feathers were seen.

 

The enslaved savant

Posits

Half-truths,

Falsehoods,

Slave labour assigned.

 

The pugnacious poet

Lies for livelihood,

The poet lied again.

 

 

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