The Surrogate Gods And Goddesses (Poem)

[Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM]

By Chidi Anthony Opara 

On the grounds of the bastion, 

A bastion put on siege always 

By fliers of supremacist flags 

Acting on inspiration from accidental leaders, 

One after another 

Beautiful long automobiles 

Arrive. 

The surrogate Gods and goddesses 

Alight, 

Faces covered with covid face covers,

They swagger into the sanctum. 

Enveloped 

In the opulence of the sanctum, 

They wait to be called onto the arena

Where the oaths 

To administer are administered. 

At the hour of oath taking, 

The surrogate Gods and Goddesses 

Are called and chaperoned 

Onto the arena by minions of officialdom. 

"So help me God" reverberates again. 

That recurring phrase 

Heralds

The end of a phase 

And the beginning of a phase. 

A new phase begins, 

The help of God sought 

Discarded. 

The surrogate Gods and Goddesses 

Play the role 

Of the substantive God. 

(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved) 

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a "Life Time Achievement" Awardee, Registered Freight Forwarder, Professional Fellow Of Institute Of Information Managerment, Africa, Poet and Publisher of PublicInformationProjects