SUSPECT

The stainless steel bragger

Brags for his choice

Into stealing the best steel

Can one judge?

The manner of his approach?

The stubbornness of the cold bloody boy?

In a state of sorrow?

Sandy soil is good.

But can I bring it together?

The action of the boy

In question

Can be judged

But glory be to God

Who has let us know the truth

Of the whole Issue

That man can change

And twist Justice

To suit their whims and caprices

So but

Is the irony of these sentences

I beg for fairly Justice

To release the culprit

From the accusation of stealing

So that justice will reign

Because the stealer has been known

For stealing the broken chains

That gums the iron Golden  

What a stainless steel?

Written by: Onyia Emeka Harford

DESCRIPTION: The poem “suspect” is a simple and straight answer to the one illegally accused of stealing a stainless steel.

From line 1-4 the poet describes the manner the customer who stole the stainless steel approached the stainless steel dealer for transaction and to purchase his choice of the stainless steel, without knowing that the boy is up to robbing him of his goods. He did not know that the boy in question who priced the goods has arranged for the stealing of the best steal he sales while considering his bragging attitude to be a rich and well to do boy who can afford the cost of those steel. The criminal yet continuous to form and pretend to be innocent and kind; without knowing that he is a silently notorious criminal.

From line 5-8 the poet still goes on to narrate the nature of the boy in question, his approach and influence to the people as well as his Charismatic quality that distinguish his kind gesture but though bloody criminal amongst his equal. Even when the matter has gone to the climax; and tension was very high in police custody the stainless steel robber pretends and hide countenance that he does not know anything about it while some other person was accused and detained.

From line 9-12 the poet uses sandy soil to describe the situation, that the matter is critical and tough to be resolved easily. That just as sandy soil cannot gum together when it is dry and watery form no matter the effort applied to do that, in the same way this case is the difficult issue to crack. Relating to the action of the accused as questionable, and that his attitude and quality was what defined the accused in custody whom has been found innocent.

From line 13-16 the poet is glorifying God because the perpetrator has been discovered irrespective of his pretence to be an innocent and rigid personality. Describing the criminal as one that can change easily as chameleon; a wolf in sheep clothing,

From line 17-20 The poet went ahead to let us know that the main criminal even contributed in beating and accusing the innocent or the suspect of the crime. Therefore twisting truth and shifting the blame of the crime he committed with his gangs to another person just to be successful in their execution.

From line 21-24 The poet is describing the manner the owner of the stainless steel having known the truth pleads for guilty of wrong accusation and asked for the wrongly accused to be set free from accusation and detention over the crime so that justice will reign.

From line 25-28 the stainless steel dealer continues to let the police know that the original culprit has confessed for stealing the broken chain that gums the iron Golden as well as returning it to the seller. And also describe how beautiful the looks of the stolen stainless steel

he returned to the dealer.

WRITER/PUBLISHER: ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD

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