Man of Words
Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa · 1992
They give nightmares, man of words
Things you do with bales of words
Lying pompous in lairs of thine con-
dom
And for the boldness of thine
schemes
We survive on those crumbs of
power
The extravagance from thy word-
dom
EDITOR’S NOTE
First published in Citizen, Monday, August 24, 1992.
Source: Archiving.