Squatter
there is a village where
everyone a squatter
everyone a traveler
no one is permanent
rich or poor none is
a child each person is
but all have no mothers
all do not have fathers
but each child is father
of the father’s father
each child is mother
of the mother’s mother
yet no one is parent of the other
the tag of imaginary parenthood
hangs around each neck
and yet none is orphaned
interesting that as squatters
squatting is a taboo for all
Copyright © Solomon Ochwo-Oburu | Year Posted 2017
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