these are not ordinary pests!
the system is full of these termites,
awaken sleeping mother, and wear
a steel cloak, these termites just
devour your image,
I mean those intentional crevices in the system,
they utter little words,
and soon it’s on the newspapers,
totally different stories to the truth,
if you are a high, eminent man
in the society,
build your accomplishments with steel,
not wood, not just any metal, but the alloy steel
or any other alloy,
otherwise these termites will nibble at your
empire with mutative criticism,
turning your trophies to sawdust

they’ll turn your glitter
into a pile of dead wood or rusted metal,
the only insecticide to stop them
is that of courage, boldness and powerful
ignorance,
but watch out for these termites,
they are many, an army of reprehension,
just don’t let them get you!
                                           By Kakraba Afful