spilledwoords
– Spilling everyday experiences with words –
….everywhere
Pocket lawyers everywhere
Rolling out conflicting analyses
Of a seeming jurisdictional muddle
Lilly-livered politicians everywhere
Auctioning their oscillating loyalty
Like a piece of cloth in a market stall
Empty minded masses everywhere
Blown hither and thither like leaves
Tanned carton brown by misery
And the scorching heat of tyranny
Life is a teacher and again a crucible
Pain is a tutor and also a catalyst
The thoughtful grow by synthesis
Crowd followers are spent as fuel
The winner doubles down his spoils
The sharks converge and carry the day
Stewards ditch their master for a song
Then jump ship like migratory birds
Foraging across the divide for a reward
The man in Douglas House is no fool
A political quarantine will be their lot
A sort of life-changing backhand slap
It’s different strokes for different folks.
© Chigozie Chikere,
Spilledwoords
2020
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Etiquette
Hearts, like doors, will ope with easeTo very, very little keys,And don’t forget that two of theseAre “I thank you” and “If you please.” Come when you’re called,Do what you’re bid,Close the door after you,Never be chid. Seldom “can’t,”Seldom “don’t;”Never “shan’t,”Never “won’t.” © Anonymous | Spilledwords | 2021
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