(A boy to his girlfriend)
When
A monkey realizes
Seeking advantage
Leaving a branch
Of this tree
It could swing
To a higher
Branch of
A nearby tree free,
It hesitates not
To a monkey-jump
To resort.
You and I vowed
To walk to
The ends of the earth
You, nonstop to me
Fanning the hearth
I caring for
Our marital health
Till do us part death;
But
When you
Trapped someone
In a marital bait
Which you set,
You decided with
A monkey jump
Me to dump!
How cruel?
How come
You opted
Me to forget
With
Acrobatic bent?
(The girl to her boyfriend)
How failed you
To understand
Applies to you
The case at hand?
When you
Immigrated to town
Saluting your fiancée—
the lass
With a typical
Provincial mood, gown
Cross-tattooed neck,
Butter-greased hair brown
Claming
“Alas,
With a countryside lass
As my wife
I can’t mix with
Urban dwellers
And members of
The top brass,”
And soon you began
Towards me
Casting a glance,
For with
Fashionable dresses
I foregrounded
My elegance.
It was
A monkey jump
Deep down
In your heart
You wanted
To advance!
Are all these
By hap stance?
BY ALEM HAILU G/KIRSITOS
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD FRIDAY 26 JANUARY 2024
