IT IS NOT GOOD

Now that you are doing this to me I do not hear you say it is not good I gave you money to buy plantain I waited for five market days Yet, I heard nothing at all from you You left your chores un-done The soup in the three legged pot is sour And the children couldn’t eat their meals

This willful act repeated itself, day after day

You mocked my patience and spite my tolerance

Yet, you did not comment on the money I kept thinking of what to do How to feed the hungry little ones I retrieved my money from your wages The amount I gave you for the plantains To prepare late porridge for hungry ones What did I hear you say to the world? This man is very bad, this man is wicked I have worked for six men before I had no problems at all with any of them What this man has done is not good at all They never complain about my job It is not good what you’ve done to me

— t. reflexion, Aug 25, 2008

About This Poem

About the Author

Country/Region: NGA

Favorite Poets: Inspired by an article in an old manuscript , It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics

Critiques

akabeks

17 years 9 months ago

good write...

Well! next time the man should go to the market and buy the plantain by himself to avoid unnecessary wahala..."man die go,woman born another..." akabeks.

t. reflexion

17 years 9 months ago

True...

True, the man should go to market himself to avoid wahala. But where he has people paid for their services, they too should discharge their work honestly. Amongst the paid employees are the Civil servants who should steer clear of corrupt practices, and they include all those in one employment or the other. Thank you for stopping by to read and comment. Best wishes.

easylife_2

17 years 9 months ago

Another great write

What I can see it as is summing up the problem of househelps and their constant dereliction of duty,but that is just one man's view anyway.Thank you

weirdelf

17 years 9 months ago

I believe you may set a trend in poetry, my friend.

With deceptively little resource to prosodic trickery, just saying it without pranks or attention getting, be honoured, not annoyed, when others start to emulate your style (they probably won't succeed anyway, there is genuine craft, skill and artistry here) cheers, Jess

t. reflexion

17 years 9 months ago

Appreciation

Thank you very much. I am honoured already. best wishes.

prayersbyPatty

17 years 9 months ago

Good write

Hey T... what comes around goes around. It makes you feel better to write it down. The guy sounds like a bummer clown. Patty

t. reflexion

17 years 9 months ago

Thank you

Thank you for the reading and comment. Best wishes.

t. reflexion

17 years 5 months ago

I wrote this...

I wrote this poem to capture how ungrateful some house helps could be. They cheat and steal from you while they go about to spoil your name, most of the time you are at their mercy. Thanks for the reading and for the comment. Best wishes. T.