Of Corruption and Orgasms
Corruption, like orgasms, contracts
It pulls back the hope
from children and mothers and fathers
A tightening if you will
The nation draws still
inhales
and holds it for a generation, a lifetime
before it bursts forth
in an explosion of desire and greed and loathe
we call change
Poverty comes
that premature ejaculation
where all is drained and empty and wasted
until it turns
to want and need again
The searing heat of passion
contacts the nation again
draws tight its fabric
and plunges us
into the perpetual death
of austerity
where we hang
suspended
until the ripples of election
consumes us once again
Copyright © Edward Ndopu | Year Posted 2017
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