Trevor Ikenna Uzomah Poet Verse

The Pyramid:Rich and Poor

Round:the planet and the sun,
zebras , horses and the lake;
He said we should stay around the dish
He had placed for us his children:
garden of Eden.

The wolves have stained the white eyes
of the new born and unfolded their palm 
to a reveal:rings of unequal fingers;
diamond,gold,silver,bronze and iron.

claws like an axe have carved a pyramid
out of a ball of earth.
we hear the voices of a frightening storm:
the doctrine of "boulder against pebble"
from a tongue that drips rain of vinegar

i look at this edifice from top to bottom:
many legs for a millipede,
so big a body for a head.

look at our shinning skulls
as they pluck from the sky its crystal stars;
like tanned metal of the blacksmiths store:
the true steps of a stair so tall.

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