Poem - playlist series | Songs to the Ornaments that hurt our necks

Songs to the Ornaments that hurt our necks

Child, learn not to wear earrings,

lest you be pulled by them,

Learn not to jump into the sea because it has water,

and whatsoever you do,

let it be your will,

and be wise,

good knowledge pampers goodwill,

Do not wear waist beads and leg chains,

they confuse your walk,

you become wombly,

Jingle, jingle behind bamboo hives,

Run, child,

when a man gives you a penny in exchange for the sun,

Do not wear necklaces,

They are for trapped dogs,

Jingle, jingle behind bamboo hives.

~Jesunifemi

(the ornaments mentioned in this poem are symbolic not literal)