Thursday, 16 May 2019

"WEIGHT LOSS" WRITTEN AND READ BY PAUL ILESANMI AT LOUDTHOTZ POETRY OPEN READING SEASON 10 EPISODE 05 OCEAN




WEIGHT LOSS

The bodies are scattered like sprayed money littering the floor.
“We condemn this act” they say.
“We will catch them” they cowardly boast,
“And we condole with the families”
“As you can see, we are working. Can’t you see that we are losing weight?”
Gibberish!

The memories are washed away over bottles of beers
Oh! The pain of some is a comic relief to others.
Who did they offend to be drowned in the pool of blood?

When are we going to sail through the waves of death?
Who will rescue us from this ocean of blood?
We swim in it every day.

Newsflash!
“This is to announce to you that Five hundred people have just been killed in a Bomb Blast”
They come again: “We condemn this act. We are working, as you can see, we are losing weight”
But they forget about it over bottles of beers.

Our mouths have gone sour
It has become our food and drink
We sit at the shore, crying,
Waiting for our beloved,
Who will save us from this ocean of Blood?

Paul Ilesanmi

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