By Chidi Anthony Opara
Praises they praised on Sunday.
They howled,
"Hosanna in the highest!".
With love
They ushered him into their holy city
Triumphantly.
Curses they cursed on Friday.
They Hurled stones
And cried, "crucify him!"
With hate they ushered him
Into their place of death
Half-dead.
(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved)
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