Anil Deo Poet Didactic

Slave and Salve

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its funny how words contain stories
call them by the synonym, mysteries

SLAVE also has an antidote: SALVE
where SALE of humans rendered some HALVES
of what Nature's God had given ("inalienable rights")

I wrote before: SAVIOUR, spelled so,
has within its letters: 'OUR VISA' to Heaven
Kids have often said DOG and GOD are close
Or "I" am in the middle of a PiG (I am not!)
Just the Letter "i" is in the midst of letters P, i, G

So, as you awake or prepare for work, lunch, snack, or sleep
I suggest a combo of games help redirect, change our focus
From the issues of the day (We had no piped water for 10 days, and)
In sunny South Africa, LOADSHEDDING means power is rationed
So we have six hours a day of cold food and overworked diesel generators
In a digital nation, where banks do not offer much cash: phone
Or internet banking, the order of the day - and no one told my Government!

Remember then, SHALOM SHALOM - as you think of home
Whether on earth or heaven, we need lessons on keeping sane and sad-free

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Linda Alice Fowler October 20, 2022 at 6:44 AM Words are fascinating to me and you add another layer here Anil. Well done! :)

Michelle Faulkner October 7, 2022 at 9:02 PM Yes, words have power, and it is interesting how the power can change when the letters are re arranged, a good way to change our thinking about it, too~ Anil Deo October 14, 2022 at 3:42 AM Dear Michelle, thanX again. I visited your newest poem last week& the title is still like a mantra in my head. I could not write ... Though I have many gratitude poems, experiences