I Did Be A Fool, If......(I Am A Fool, If) Poem by john idogun (iho nasosa)

I did be a fool,
if i applaud myself
With a palm pat pleasurably,
At the back of myself
but in sight
with the Man in the Mirror
Observe a
Photoshopped me
of character
inferior,

YET I SMILE at me;
AHHHHH!
THEN
i guess i am not myself.

When the same Metacarpals
that was once spread wide
noddingly,
with much vigor
tapping me,
as Conga(drum) boys
touchingly
feeling the skin
with hunger joy
stops playing:
suddenly;
A prehensilic presence of hate
like innumerable amount
of cold steel
sharply
pointed
at it's tip
pierces my spirit, soul, and body
jointed as three.

I did be a Fool,
if i be the toy
to be joked on, comically
and yet fail to be the tool
to fix me up always, properly.
I AM FOOL if i
gainfully
trade
originality for pretence
but sure as heaven and hell is
i will be at loss with all regrets
I AM A FOOL IF I AM NOT ME.