Another Opara Parable
On Sunday, 7 August 2016 22:45:19 UTC+2, Chidi Anthony Opara wrote:
> By Chidi Anthony Opara
>
> I hear again
>
> The chants
>
> Of the "happy birthday" chanters.
>
> I hear again
>
> The clicking of wine cups
>
> And the munching of morsels.
>
> I hear also
>
> The agonies of humans
>
> Chained.
>
> I hear also
>
> The rumbles of empty stomachs
>
> And the grumbles
>
> Of the good gods.
>
> More short poems on: www.fragmentsofpoeticthoughts.blogspot.com
>
> (Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved)
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