Submitted By: Oludolapo Ajibola Sosina

The color of envy is not green
It's dingier - evil unseen
And it wraps the world
In its gnarled stumped wrath
And it thrills
As it wheels
Us past decency's polished fringe

Climbing like a bougainvillea
Invading like HIV
Mingling into emotions pulsating blood
Mon Dieu
Envy is evil comparison.

© Oludolapo Ajibola Sosina, June 2002