Silas
Abayomi
GOODBYE TO RUM:
Drink me not,
because I’m not
for you,
touch me not that
I may not rub off
on
your good
character.
Do not look at the
bottle
even if it is beautiful,
what you see is
exact
opposite of reality;
taste me not
even if your tongue
bud
ask you to do so,
I am bitter,
yes, I’m a hemlock.
Many are my colors,
red, yellow, blue,
green,
and dark chocolate;
trust them not,
they are not
colors of
life,
rather they are
colors of
death.
Buy me not,
I may not drain
you
financially,
drink me not that
your
senses remain
intact,
leave me to keep
cirrhosis away
from you.
Stay afar from me
that you may not act
crazily,
maintain your
distance
that your
personality
remain same,
your character
untarnished, or
soiled.
I say drink me no more,
because of
untoward action
that my come from
me;
a home I may ruin,
a prosperous
future
I may jeopardize,
life I may cut
short.
Set me not on your
table,
place me not in a bar
chamber,
my place in your
refrigerator,
let some better
occupy.
Should you stumble
at me fortuitously,
cork me as quickly
as
possible,
if already
uncorked,
bobber me that no
one unseal me
again.
Felicitate not
with
rum,
your
success-celebrate
with sobriety-
your joy express without
liquor,
happiness within
you-
make known without
intoxicant.
Did you see me as
an
escape route in
trouble
times?
You are mistaken;
do you hide or
display
your personality
by
binge-drink?
It is a mortal
error.
Do you love?
If yes, love me no
more.
Do you drink me?
If so, do it no
more.
Do you buy and
keep
me at home?
If yes, say bye to
me.
Bottles may look beautiful,
packaging may be
without
fault,
advertisement may
be too
tempting to ignore,
still leave rum
alone,
I say keep away
from rum,
Silas Abayomi
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