Some take and never say Thank you
They deplete you and then blank you
You enrich them and they spank you
With ingratitude they seek to outflank you
Outrank you, shank you and tank you.

And you ask yourself thoughtfully
Why did I lower myself so lovingly?
Givers give so willingly
And learn so reluctantly
To stop giving everything so freely.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river