Tinderbox

In this hospital…

That is like a tinderbox. 

Our screams do not turn us ablaze-

Neither will sitting stolidly.

But if we try to remember the times before we turned evil…

Then this hospital…

Will become fully inhospitable. 

11/11/22

Tinderbox

Edward Ibeh
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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