The Throne Was Never Vacant Finished That Day Poem by *Tony Cemaluk Egbuonu

Everything we did and didn't do,
we knew.

We were never a bunch of yahoos.
Our parents were never yahoos.

Don't claim to be yahoo
if you're not sure
you inherited your claim
from your parents.

It was finished that day.

The mound still stands.
Truth was the law.
Faith was the roof.
Honor was the door.

We didn't borrow it.
We were just born inside it.
Unless you're not sure where you came from.

Cemaluk.