The Gentleman
by Benedict Ushedo
Ragged.
He walks on …
In gentlemanly dignity
Confident in his strides
Threadbare tie in its place
He walks on …
Oblivious of the holes on his shirt
Never worries about the patched trousers
Unmindful of the toes that have liberated themselves from suffocating shoes.
He walks on …
Bearing the burden of lost time
in the rags of a gentleman.
Copyright Benedict Ushedo 2020
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He walks on …Bearing the burden of lost time
in the rags of a gentleman.
