YUH RAP SO (2.6)

 

                                                         ………………………..
             
           To the circus-sawdust of Higher Learning?
           Its promotion of Ambition as something
           To be subscribed to – as to a classy club
           Of competitive gladiators rubbing
           Shoulders shrunk with the shame of quote-unquote thought
           Not too hard to shrug off though their backs + throats
           Were getting play-by-the-rules stabbings + cuts –
              Was not a product scrupulous Dilys thought
           She could lower her values to buy into,
           Although she knew that, as a confirmed Sinner,
           She too was hypocritically caught up
           In a Big Boys’ club – one of the most corrupt:
           ……………

 

         (from “Raponani” . a verse novel by Brian Chan, 2023)