If one pullsA sheep astrayThe flock is sureTo move that way.To fish in a troubled waterDe-constructing historyThwart we couldThe old social fabric of unityAnd create we shallA generationSuffering a crisis of identity!“Ask me not whyThey are better thanMy peers and IAlso sensitize me not to deny,What I see with my naked eye!In attire,grooving,life style ,Cosmetic application and civilizationThey galvanize youth’s attention!”Come up with a generationWe shallThat does not bat an eyeOur dictates to buy,A generation that does barterAn age-old cultureWith fads, for such a ventureProves to it an adventure.To achieve what we terribly soughtIf we use somebody of noteFame that has gotSay an artist or a poetThe mob will notFight-shy to drink a lotFrom our poison ***Without a grain of salt“God doesn’t exist “Could be top on the list!Alas, we could say “Worship us!”“Forget the Key And Lock theory!Why should you worry?”Or social and religious normsWe could rockWith *“A lock could lock a lockeven in a wedlock!”
BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS
The Ethiopian Herald March 22/2024
