When the police are paws on lease
…purring and punching to please
And politicians are paws which trick nations
When the media are minds in “theirs”
And citizens are seats of zones and bees
What can the helpless do?
II
We will all sit and take our turns
Only to have us wait for the returns
Of our fair share of unfairness
And our unfair share of fairness
Till the last drop of blood grows fangs
…to push for the war of extinction, if care is not taken
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © May 14, 2021