When Wisdom Wanes Poem by John Sensele

Down with gowns of towns
That frown upon mounds and sounds of poverty
Pounding grounds where a pauper downs
Brown braces, faces and laces which disown the dawn of the negritude novelty

Paupers and dropouts embrace to tout
Joust and oust doubts cast on the past where blasting bullies
Created confinement to the firmament of gout
Paupers and freedom fronds alongside coolies

Threw away fearing conscripted crews rude
In character would unleash a cataract plague
On paupers who brewed and viewed a crude
Cocktail whose pail, sail and tail though vague

Would attract retribution if suspected
Of conniving with covid nineteen at thirteen
To infect minorities whose priorities respected
World Health Organisation protocols at ten fifteen

When paupers defiant of coppers
Would sing songs of freedom
Although they didn't pretend to be chart toppers
In beauties, cities and duties so oblivious of wisdom.