Mistress Expedient Poem by Adams Elizabeth Oyarese

Should greed or ignorance wear blame?
That Africa once sold her kin
Years ago she traded huge pots
For the satisfaction of a plate of food
Her gems she gave for painted steel
Sacrificing her bed for a one night stand

I heard she pulled her tortoise from it's shell
And drank the thought of a better home
Her green serpent preferred the mud
And bore a grudge against green grass
Her coconut craved a mango tree
And her sun called for the sky at night
She killed her hen to seek more eggs
And collected milk in exchange for cattle.

She slept with many borrowed beliefs
Betraying her husband and her ways
She spread her legs for convincing men
And each dug deeply to make her weak
She opened her bosom to greedy men
Who sucked them dry and left them sagged
Crown her the promiscuous Mistress expedient
For she sold tomorrow to buy yesterday

By: Adams Elizabeth Oyarese

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