The Hype Is Gone Poem by Tony Adah

Yesterday I didn't think that
The sun will rise or set
But it did amidst enormous preparations
Lighting, eating, drinking and dancing
People defying mist or dust or cold
In the winter that Christmas comes.
And I am here watching the frenzy
Of debt recovery to make sure Christmas happen
Rice to fill plates and drinks to fill glasses
And drums to beat and legs to wriggle
Defeating the purpose of the saviour's birth?
I do not know
What we think about Christmas here
Year in and year out
We do same things
And hurry as if the times have prompted us
Dangling, swinging and sweating
Like a goat about to be slaughtered in this season.
For yesterday we are done
Waiting for next year to come.