Temajung Michael Tanjang Poet Blank verse

A Politician's Diary

Standing for them, myself I see
Oblivious of that, for me they all agree
To myself, why sweat for them?
No consanguinity gives room for mayhem

Unabashed, I am, egocentric,
undaunted, I am eccentric,
Audacious, I am covetous,
In my trade, I have to be callous

In their dying need, I stand apathetic
oblivious of that, they think am sympathetic,
while squabbling over the meagre food,
oh!! how I bathe in my lassitude.

Transcend not in this hit and go
I may as well be Othello

In my trade, am void of magnanimity,
In dialogue am in destitute of veracity
Few can call me altruistic
and deep inside, I know am not patriotic

My conscience has travelled
That's why in my trade, am unrivaled.
                               © Temajung Michael T.

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