This Poet Poem by Phillip Nine Mafunga

THIS POET
This poet is not always inspired
Of aspirations rarely does he get tired
This poet does not claim any philosophy
Well, maybe in another life could've been a topologist
This poet has no understanding of oncology
However, for all intents n' reasons, this generation suffers from an identity cancer
This poet is vexed by the proliferation of "ologies" n ‘ologists'
But there seems to be a great dearth of "understand-ology" n' "understand-ologists"
This poet does not subscribe to theology
For the idea of studying God is absurd
The sanity of this poet is at times questionable
Well, the summit of absurdities in this generation is breathtaking
To this poet, democracy or autocracy, are just ‘cracies' of the same coin
They both are inherently corrupt; from them, the ‘people' gain nothing but corrupt leadership
To this poet, the ‘people' get what mirrors their aspirations
Alternatively, more like, they deserve what they get
This poet wakes up at dawn to sneer at nothingness
Maybe that's all there's for him: meanwhile, madness is a jet stream of darkness out there
@25 August 2022