Heart Turn To Tilapia Poem by David Aoloch Bion

Heart Turn To Tilapia



Joh gave Mou small
roasted tilapia fish
Small as it’s
Mou rejected tilapia in greed
And threw it in to river
fat and savoury soaked Mou palm
Mou looked and smelled his palm
He licked his palm
‘’why you throw fish away
And you lick your hand’’
Joh asked
‘’I am not licking but washing ‘’
‘’why don’t you use water’’
‘’my tongue can clean better than water’’
Mou said
What irony

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David Aoloch Bion

David Aoloch Bion

Republic of South Sudan
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