The Story

The Story

By Frank Bolaji Irawo

You know that story?

Yes, that one in your head

The one you’ve told a thousand times

Yet it never seems to grow old

Not a doubt about it's "truth"

All those people thinking about you

Almost as much as you do

Looking down on you

Thinking that you are…

Big-headed

Ugly

No good at your job…

And on and on the stories go

Like an endless game of blankety-blank

You know for sure that is what they are thinking

You are left in no doubt that is what they be saying

The moment they know you’ve left the room

What else could explain those curious looks

Or the rather strange signals you are picking up

I must say that I’m quite impressed

So much so, I have one request

Let me in on that wonderful gift

Where did you learn that Jedi mind-reading trick?

To know exactly what they be thinking

In view of the words never spoken.

A bit like the question about the Chicken and the egg

Who started the story?

That created the energy

That prompted the look

That attracted the look

That generated the energy

That made the story seem true

The answer can be found in a mirror near you