MAN OF WORDS
They give nightmares, man of words
Things you do with bales of words
Lying pompous in lairs of thine condom
And for the boldness of thine schemes
We survive on those crumbs of power
The extravagance from thy worddom
Hyeladzira A. B. Shaffa
EDITOR’S NOTE
First published in Citizen on Monday, 24 August 1992, as part of the newspaper’s POETS’ NEST second-anniversary feature. This archival presentation preserves the poem and its original attribution for contemporary readers.