Distractions
On the other side of the world
closer to Nigeria than here
Peru Para blasts on the speaker one last time
the lights are lowered and the feet of casual lovers make their way home
a nest of liars turned night crawlers
pretending not to be angry that the economy of uncertainty
continues to benefit from their broken hearts
but they say nothing
like puppets without a ventriloquist
losing control
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Poem © Kehinde Winful
Image: Fernando Latorre from Pixabay (remixed)