DALE DIGORI
An entry in the Crocodile Prize
Kina Securities Award for Poetry
Welcome to PNG; we stand for Freedom, Fairness, Equality and Christianity
No child is left behind *chuckle*
Oh wait! Not you; God created you a sinner
You as well; you chose to be this way.
What idiot chooses to live a life filled with the most abominable hardships?
And why on earth would God create sinners?
Why’ve you got to be so rude? They’re just people too
Why’ve you got to be so cruel? It’s not an abomination
Why’ve you got to be oppressive? You’re restricting their right to life
How can you even be so confident to say you love and care for him?
To say you’ll be there for him no matter what
You seriously don’t know him, do you?
You are pathetic and unbelievably clueless
What if I told you he was one of them?
Then would you change your mind?
Or would your feelings for him - that warm, fuzzy, “family love”, magically decline?
You say it is repulsive, sinful and wrong!
Clueless and oh so merciless
You’ve turned him into a Hollywood actor
Putting on a show just so nobody ever finds out – and you may never find out!
Because he fears rejection and the shame – he fears being disowned
Imagine all those years of ‘what ifs’ and hours of questioning.
Those teary nights and the unbearable guilt
That constant reminder of being alone even amongst so many others
It was never by choice, solely by design
Punishing someone for merely being themselves
Welcome to PNG; also the land of hypocrites!