The Hero Is Now A Villain (Poem)

[Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA]

By Chidi Anthony Opara

Astonishment!

I marvel

At the flimsiness

Of these future leaders.

Heroes 

And heroines now come cheap.

Role models

Are now rotten characters.

With a blaze

A rotten role model emerged,

Puffing

On illicit massive marijuana,

Messing

The land with music

With lurid lyrics.

Puffs on illicit marijuana,

The smoke 

And smell of illicit marijuana,

The stench of street sins

Became the new laurels.

"School is scam"

Became a singsong,

The new song,

The beloved anthem.

Social media followership

Spiralled.

Decency protested

But was bullied

And reminded

That a new role model is here.

We are now inundated

With tales of attrocities.

The hero is now a villain,

Social media followership 

Shrinks.

The land stinks now

From the role model's rottenness.

(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved)

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a Poet, Professional Fellow of Institute Of Information Management Africa, MIT Chief Data Officer Ambassador, Registered Freight Forwarder and Editorial Adviser at News Updates.

More about him here: https://independent.academia.edu/ChidiAnthonyOpara