Radio

on days like this, it’s like I’m mad,
the captain here is just sad,
so it is surely not the former
it has to be the latter.

when the brain resumes malice
with the hand, leaving words
to stutter, be slurry, be stagnant.
on days like this, it’s like I’m mad.

sometimes, you can feel the happiness
in the heart of a steward, or the lack
of joy in the tasks of a leader,
the captain here is just very sad.

I don’t have a block, I’m not a writer,
today, I’m a man that rants on paper,
tomorrow, I might be something else,
so it is surely not the former.

maybe the captain lacks love,
lacks money or lacks joy. or maybe
he just wants to stress the ship.
it has to be the latter.

Tomide Abdul