Man, An Enigma Poem by Tony Adah

Man is all man talks about
The wisest amongst primates
He's a myth, a mystery and madness
With an indecipherable profile
An enigma
Branded in his creator's image
He knows nothing about.

He fears himself as
He fears his neighbour
Crooked his ways are
Bended in knee is
Hard his heart calcifies;
He flies to space and complains
Of climate change,
He spits, defaecates and pours
Urine all over the land and water;
He slashes the bush
Strips the earth bare
And wail of environmental degradation
Until he himself dies
Then complain will die with him
And the world will become our
Own safe haven.