Wahab Abdul Poet Free verse

Ban the Dumb and Change the King

Talking Parrot 

The sharp tongue has many enemies
The dumb has none says the parrot
 That has not learned the art of talking 
But definitely he knows the tricks of the devil 
To hide his deficiencies in the wave of the tides; 

The talkative parrot takes as it an offense 
And clear his throat and sings heart out 
Pulling out whatever is in the sack of rhetoric  
For the sake of freedom expression 
 
The dumb flaps his wings and opens his eyes wide 
And meekly answer with a joke 
More talking leads one to do more mistakes 
Listen and you will enrich yourself 
Remain silent and you risk nothing. 

The taking bird now thinks another thing 
If he cannot talk freely and that with ease 
For the fear of losing then he loses nothing 
More valuable than the right of expression 
And the art of talking 

Then he looks up and mutters something 
Minutes later comes up with master speech 
If we can’t speak what we think 
For the fear of the king and risk losing 
Then we should ban the dull and dumb 
And change the king.

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