Correction – re - If Amiri Baraka didn't , why should Chidi Opara ?
Because, sometimes, sincerity = no flattery, no hypocrisy...
Amiri Baraka : I will not apologize, I will not resign.
Fact is that when it comes to poetry,
things haven't changed much since once upon a time.
What follows is careful punctuation only:
The questions are two:
Should Chidi have to apologise for telling the truth and thereby causing offence to the miscreants?
Yes or no?
If Amiri Baraka didn't , why should Chidi Opara ?
The name Chidi does not jive with apology
nor does Amiri
they may rhyme but they do not
jive…
I'm told that when Sergeant Doe took over in Liberia some military guys turned up at my Father's house at Conga Town, to provoke him ; they said that they had been sent to fetch some water, to which he replied " If Doe himself came I wouldn't give him any water-"So the soldiers took him away in their jeep. Miraculously, somehow, he survived.
That's how it is with People at the Other Side
Here's some encourage-meant :
unless you are standing at the Supreme Magistrate's Court Number Nine
as the accused , as a miscreant charged with libel and slander in your poetry
and about to be duly sentenced to join Muhammad's Dead Poets Fraternity
– you either apologise – also for the many offences that you are expected to commit at your trial – offences known as truth-telling, insolence, "contempt of court" and various other misdemeanours
you either apologise
or you pay the ultimate price
the ultimate sacrifice
and you are
crucified
otherwise
Don't give a damn,Chidi,
NEVER
give a damn
or stoop so low
in insincerity
as to say
"sorry"
another name for
humble pie my
ess
another name for
rudeness
Music message : Youssou Ndour : Set
On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 at 21:03:30 UTC+1 chidi...@gmail.com wrote:"Those you think you offended might even be having a good laugh at your expense for epistemic brashness"-Adeshina.Adeshina,What if I don't care?-CAO.
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 'Adeshina Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:Ọ̀gá Chidi,You assume you're telling the "Truth" and hence you do not need to apologize to those you have offended. Could you possibly be wrong about what you considered the truth? And even if you're the gatekeeper of the truth, shouldn't decency inform how the truth is purveyed (after all, the bitterest of tablets comes coated forproper swallowing😁)Those you think you offended might even be having a good laugh at your expense for epistemic brashness.Adeshina
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhoneOn Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 1:29 PM, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I know that I offended some people this year(2021). I hope to offend more people next year(2022). The truth is bitter, but must be told.-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)
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