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By
Alem Hailu G/Kristos
What a mishap
What happened in the conference recently organized on a University’s compound with Arena opposition member, Amdom Gebreselassie
“Let us put
Our hands together for you
Go ahead
Your view we second,
For ideas grow in a mind fecund!”
A support it was reckoned.
Contrariwise, recently
As it may sound sad
By a phony party
It turned out a fad
“Let us not stop to clap
Your freedom of speech
In the face to slap!”
What a mishap
What a mishap
Childish and selfish
Politicians are being seen
Wearing more than one cap–
Sometimes the constitution
On the back they tap
But, often they misconstrue,
Trample on it
Or use it as a trap–
Pursuant of evil ends
With the federal government
They adore to create
A rift or a gap!
A university gets off track
If it allows party members
Infest it
Freedom of speech to attack.
Alem Hailu G/Kristos
A published poet, novelist, editor, translator of masterpieces, literary critic, playwright and journalist from Ethiopia. M.A holder in literature, Addis Ababa University.
Looking for a traditional publisher of a collection of poems. My novel: ‘Hope from the debris of hopelessness’.
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