Is there pride left In a mule
who the burdens of men
has mutely borne?
Though he may balk or kick
when wrongly stroked
or falter in the wake
of a gurgling stream
still when called
or coaxed to serve,
our wares he bears,
with saintly grace;
like one whose calling, alas has found.
Leroi was a working man
He worked real hard
but his time was short -
for he had his bills and mouths to feed
he worked himself to an early grave!
Is there another hell for Leroi
when the one that grilled his life
to him was willed at birth ?
For his soul's relief, God please forbid-
For the man you made, is not a mule.
By
Hope Kalé Ewusi ©
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