THE SHOW
A POETIC PLAY
Light!
Sound!
Action!
Now good
people, I present to
Your humble
eyes—
The Show.
Watch with
your brains
Elope it
when it reaches your eyes!
I will
magnify my being when it’s all over.
Enjoy!
Scene 1.
From stage
left
With an
opening on stage right
With no
stage fright
Ignorantly,
The toads
rushed on stage.
Scene 2
Converged
beneath the steps of great minds
The
crocodile addressed them—
“Welcome my
children!
We have
watched the bush
Grow to the
breath, so no rest!
And as
proof, we have the
Glory of
the forest now”.
The lizards
take their turn.
They appraise
morality
From their
macbathean brains.
Scene
change.
Time seeks
audience with days and
Time
bargains for day’s weeks
In five
times two folds.
Now they
hold
On to the
contract papers.
Light
fades in on time.
Scene 4
The grey
lizard walks upright
With
morality as his might.
It sits
with his tail
Twiggling
like a snail.
It speaks—
“Let
gladness sit in your heart
For this is
the only bush
Where the
lizard broods over the fowl’s eggs”.
Scene 5
Light comes
up on a toad
Coming down
the road
To the
crocodile’s court.
It knocked on
the door-
K)k)))k).
he entered as commanded.
What a sight!
A toad
gracefully sited in the seat of royalty
Displaying
beautiful smiles of stupidity.
Where is
our king? The toad asked,
Is anything
the problem? it answered questioningly.
Silence…
Scene 6
Toad alone
on stage,
It has come
of age.
It laments-
What a land
we live in?
Our kings
are invalid
Yes
invalid!
For they
mix blood with serfs,
Their
decisions are full of prejudice
I must see
the seer,
The seer
must throw the dice
Exit toad
Scene 7
Under dim
light
Great minds
converge
On a
trivial issue—
“That toad
is taking all the wenches”
“Yes” they
chorused.
What should
we do?
“Let’s
massage it,
It will
forget its taking a hit,
With his
knees will it sit
In the pool
of a debacle”.
Scene 8
The old
seer sits like a god
In the all-knowing
shrine
Communing with
the spirit at wine.
Enter the
toad as commanded,
Sandals
outed,
Opened
mouth to utter….
Shhhhh!!!
“You dare
not insult the spirits
By
revealing what is known to them”
Shhhhhhh!
He uttered—
“Screwing
and screwing
In the
caves in the bush.
The tree
and the soil cannot relate,
Foolish
intelligence thrives on the stage!
But for the
three buds sent forth
Doom tags
the stage
Hm hm hm hm
One robber
Hmm mm hmm
The other a
merchant
Hmm hmm hmm
Vessel of
the spirit,
What can be
done?
The toad
asked,
Use your power
and escape,
Kismet
awaits them.
But what of
the stage?
It has
survived attacks of the age.
Cue the
light
To put it
in sight
Cue the
sound
Let it be loud
Design the
costumes
To set out
character
Paint the
scenery like it is-
A beautiful
tragedy
Play your
role
For you are
all actors.
CURTAINS!
Cast, come
take a bow
The audiences are sad now.
Did you
enjoy the show?
Silence…
No , No, No
“disgusting!”
Appalling!
Let’s give
them a hand,
It’s not
easy,
I use poetic
vibes
To present
this unfair tide
With a prayer—
God be on
your side!
