Limbo <br /> <br />The dean called <br />A friendly call; to a friend <br />To a professor; an activist <br />“She is our best, sharpest” <br />And almost cried <br />As do the clouds; when rich with tear, and in cold <br />“But universities don’t accept her” <br /> <br />Waves settled <br />Cables died <br />Silence <br />Death was everywhere <br />All over <br />There was nothing <br />But pain <br />Pain of failure <br />The best student is rejected <br /> No chance to study further <br />With no father and single mother <br />They could not afford tuition <br />(International) <br />Government rejected to pay <br />File has faced backlog <br />Meaning not settled <br /> “They are in Limbo” <br />This Nigerian smart girl <br />Was in limbo <br />As have been for long time <br /> The non-status and Métis <br />And the trades people and the rulers <br />They see the education as business) <br />And the young boy who saw no future <br />Joined drug dealers, criminals, murderers) <br />Do those in power have a dictionary? <br /> Look at limbo! <br />Don Dippo did <br />So have we <br /> Limbo<br /><br />Nassy Fesharaki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/limbo-31/
