USA Africa Dialogue Series - Dinner With The Devil (Poem)

By Chidi Anthony Opara

The tension is thick,

The sharp swords

Of the good gods swing,

The time bombs tick too,

Famine

Is imminent in Eden.

Cock crows are muffled

By the sound of praise songs

Sang by drunken minstrels.

The songs of songbirds cease,

The voices of reason are discordant.

Our values

Are on the verge of vanishing.

Reveling in lucre

Our rulers rage at each other,

Dueling on dual citizenship, 

Dueling on certificates devoid of authenticity,

The world leers and jeers.

The people lie prostrate

Weeping and begging

For the termination

Of this dinner with the devil.

(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved).

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a "Life Time Achievement" Awardee, Registered Freight Forwarder, Professional Fellow Of Institute Of Information Managerment, Africa, Poet and Publisher of PublicInformationProjects

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