Innocent; For The Mean Time Poem by DOMINIC PREMPEH

This man insults the other for corrupt practices
Yelling that the accused should be castrated or crucified
Or at least incarcerated for life; if the former will not hold

Our lives are intertwined; in some ways, I bet you
We meet at different junctions at different eras along th way
And some of our meeting points are sinful; truth be told

We are all human pheasants; not even one
Our long untamed tails bring us problems, we know
But we sit here and persecute a brother like saints

Ours have not come does not make us saints
Or put us ahead of the angels of heaven, no!
We are all innocent; for the mean time!

(15th Jan.,2016; Ofoase)