Indebted to Death

dear kin, Abdulqudus,
kudos for keeping calm
and good luck with God’s gift
that locks in cages of karma
guarding a gate with grit
kicking buckets make kings
and queens turn into equals
from Casablanca to Kiribati
the good guy was at Golgotha
we are God’s long golf game
a merry-go-round to the goal
-it’s giving, she’s going, he’s guilty-
beneath the ground is a gallery
of ghosts like bags in a catalogue
be kind, give hugs as you gallivant

Tomide Abdul