THE MIDDLE MAN
Deng Deng Hoc Yai 1965 (Aweil)
He is the ideal middle man.
And he always has a plan.
Just trust "the man" and feel,
Confident; he'll broker “a deal”.
He dresses well like a dandy,
And like a fashionable lady,
Wears a special perfume.
And likes potage de legume.
Whatever you need - just name it!
Any crime he can easily commit:
Be it bribery, inside trading,
Fraud, laundering - anything!
He has many years of experience.
He does his job with confidence.
He invariably connects people.
For him, nothing is impossible.
He goes between them - back,
And forth - be they black,
White, Caribbean, Indian
Asian, European or African.
He commits a crime here,
And another over there.
He has no conscience.
He acts for convenience.
In return for a professional fee,
He does his job - just like a bee,
Busily promoting corruption,
Hurriedly killing our nation.
About this poem
The Middle Man was written and published on www.poetry.com in 2013. It is a poem about the role of middle men in promoting corruption in the Republic of South Sudan.
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Submitted by DengYai on September 06, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ XXGG CCJJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 835 |
Words | 176 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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