9 of them

an alarm wakes a man with no worries,
a troubled man’s worries are enough
to differentiate a pint of joy from pain.
the endpoint of a man is the start of misery.
women have it better. maybe. not maybe. they do.
over half of the wealth, a man accumulates
is intended to be spent on several women.
mothers. sisters. wives. friends. family.
concubines. random women. the list never ends.
making money is aiming for comfort. half of
whatever he makes is to be spent on women.
the day he stops spending, strange things begin to occur.
from seeing the butt cheeks of the richest black man.
to blackmail and several branches of trauma.

Tomide Abdul