Wednesday, March 2, 2022

A Trouble-maker



By


Obododimma Ọha



In a world where things are standing

On their heads, if you still know

Your right and your left

Then, you're a trouble-maker.


If tell people to do the right thing

How do you know

The right thing?

What makes the right thing right?


Only trouble-makers

Talk of the right thing

Or do the right thing

Peaceful souls see and deny.


In this new world

Right is terribly wrong

And wrong is wrong

Because it is hidden.


So, Trouble-maker, you are wrong

Because you know right things still.


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