A Maverick Seen Mentally Sick Poem by Alem Hailu Gabre Kristos

Parking his car
By the gate of a hospital
A man got into a bar,
From an eye-shot
Not far!

After a thief unfastened
The 4 bolts of a tyre,
The sale of which
Helps him make his day,
Seeing the owner
Approaching,
With the four bolts
He ran away.

Stranded, the owner
Was forced there to stay
At a loss what to do
And say!

'If you take a bolt
A tyre from the
Remaining three,
With three bolts each
All the tyres will agree
To allow the car move free! '
Advised him a man tall
Who with patients'
Pajama sat
On the hospital's wall
Observing all.

Doing so
Thankful the driver
Managed home to go!

On the morrow,
Taken by surprise
He wanted
That mentally sick
To speak.

Going to the hospital
'Tell me pal
With such intuition
How come
You join this hospital? '

'My friend,
If you deviate
From the normal
You are abnormal,
It is the likes of you,
The mentally sick,
That stranded me here
a maverick! '
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