GOSSIP
I heard of a man
who knows another
that has never in his life
picked the pockets of another
But his bags are bursting
at the seams
with treasures without measure
and all the noble things
that once brought me pleasure
For these pleasures I
do not yearn
since I was never used to them
I had only heard of the man
who knew the man used to them.
© Ebele Okoye 1999
(Exhibition; "New Culture and Selected Works"
Didi Museum, Lagos Nigeria, Nov. 1999)
