Picture Seven

in a garden at night
a scholar & his teacher
passed some drunk men
singing and dancing.

he asked the teacher
where one can find joy,
the teacher responded
“read the holy book.”

the boy read carefully
until he found a verse
that tells a believer
not to take intoxicants.

he left every night
to the garden to drink.
he drank with caution
he didn’t get intoxicated.

Tomide Abdul