“Longtime and goodbye” saga

By Atok Dan

In the longtime, we procrastinate

In goodbye, we spend time

Less doers do spend time in “longtime and goodbye” saga

They concentrate in longtime and goodbye to friend

Much time in goodbye to girl and boyfriends,

It is fanfare of the lazy society

When we go to farms, we say a lot of goodbye

Supposed it is good and bye

But we goodbye a lot

In public office, we elongate greetings

It is abnormality of the lazy society,

Though it is a sign of cordiality

I called it cordiality of hunger

We eat none from it

My friend missed a bus in the “goodbye”

Whereas in longtime, I was deemed sluggish for interview

Supposed longtime had never been an English word,

I would attend interview or even a bus was not missed

Likewise tea taking in office does

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