WHEN I GROW UP

When I grow up
I will love to know why 
People call a Snake specie Rattlesnake,
When all snake actually Rattle

When I grow up 
I will love to know why 
People call death A Bitter Experience,
When they have not Tasted death

When I grow up
I will love to know why people say
He had a close shave with death,
But death is incapable of shaving anybody 

When I grow up
I will love to know 
Why people say they escaped by the skin of their teeth,
When their teeth actually has no skin

When I grow up
I will like to know
Why people use the expression thin god,
When God is actually omnipresent

When I grow up
I will like to know
Why people say watch your back,
But you have no eyes behind your back 

When I grow up
I will love to know
Why people say something is larger than life,
But life is actually unquantifiable

When I grow up
I will love to know why people say 
Do not count your chicken before they are hatched 
When people do not rear chicken 

When I grow up 
I will like to know why people say
Do not bite the finger that fed you
When people eat with cutlery 

When I grow up
I will like to know why
People want you to make hay while the sun shines,
When we are neck deep in winter

When I grow up
I will like to know why
People equate the devil with the deep blue sea,
When the devil is supposed to be dark and repulsive,
And the blue sea is bright and inviting

When I grow up
I will love to know why
People say don't leave your head hanging,
But your head is sitting squarely on your neck

When I grow up
I will love to know why
People say a baker's dozen,
When the baker obviously has more than a dozen baked bread

When I grow up
I will like to know why
People say let's call it a day
When it's daylight and the sun is Blazing 

When I grow up.......
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024


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