Bad Guests Come, Good Guests Leave

Image courtesy Arrival and Departure

Be our guest
So they come
One by one,

Bullets rush
They bang front
They race rear
No one stays

When drug comes
All is well
All shed tears
When it leaves

Unwanted
Some guests are
But it’s true
They do come

Peace comes quiet
Full flowers bloom
The room’s full
Good guests leave

Bad guests come
Silence, still
They know not
The reason

Money’s in
All turn green
So do we
So do they

No one’s sure
If it’s good
If it’s bad
The money

Ibobi
Go to shit
Let him wait,

Bad guests come
Good guests go
So be it.

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