By Jiti Ogunye
By now he must have gone very cold
As events tumble and nemesis unfold
Sordid secret is revealed, known across the globe
By all men and women, young and old.
By now he must have gone very cold
Tossed out of a secured job like a loathed rouge
Stripped, temporarily, from his academic role
Blemished career now faces the end of the road.
By now he must have gone very cold
Beheld is the hidden stain on his pastoral robe
Rejected like Saul in the Testament of Old
And treated like a leper in his ecclesiastical fold.
By now he must have gone very cold
If shown the way to the cold room, he won’t go
His world crumbles from his equatorial goad
Poor wife and children must be grieving at home.
By now he must have gone very cold
He is in deep waters like a sunk speed boat
Unsure if ever he will in this life be able to float
Let alone being again on a lecherous prowl.
This ruinous lust must have been like a smoke
Which obscured his sense of pedagogical purpose
Turned immorality into a record to about boast
Before disappearing, making him a butt of jokes.
By now, he must be very cold
As events tumble and nemesis unfold
Kept secret is uncovered, blown across the globe
For the guilty and guiltless to uniformly behold.
Jiti Ogunye
October 7, 2019
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