Living On the Side
I have lived on the side for so long
A life full of drudgery and misery
A victim of unfortunate birth
To a lowly stock of humanity
And to that soulless contraption of a fatherland
Destined to scrape along
On my daily shamed trajectory
Of the wretched of the earth
Living a good life has always been a mirage
Gleaned from pages of papers and televisions
In the heat of electioneering campaigns
Which fizzle out as elections are won and lost
Why has a creature like me
And my ghetto siblings
Condemned permanently
On the fringes of life if not to
Mock God’s creatures?
Why has nature bestowed so much?
But has failed to bless all equitably
Copyright © Augustine Ogoegbunam Eseke | Year Posted 2023
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