I DON’T WANT TO BE PRESIDENT

I don’t want to be

President;

I just want to be

Resident:

But assured

That any Resident

Can become President;

That any President

Can become Resident.

I don’t envy

Your Presidency;

I do admire

My Residency.

Like the village town crier,

My mission

Is to envision

Freedom for all and sundry

And to uproot all thorns on path to Presidency.

I don’t want to be

President;

I just want to be

Resident:

But confident

That all Residents

Are embryo Presidents;

That all Presidents

Are egg-shell Residents.

(Bastos, 29 May 2015)