by Henry Ekwuruke | |
Published on: Aug 2, 2007 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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Were winners meet to celebrate success Losers also meet here to oppose bad policies by and large’ Capacity deliverance at the highest levels A place to be in the days of call to service Our fatherland is our home; likewise our motherland We share things in common but love Even the land separates the two-worlds that we know Uniting the rich for the rich against the poor Who eats at the land of the spirits? Eats with long spoons and dance not at the arena The centre has been broken at the start Our learned fellows has foretold it and we know it It is leadership problem with this people Learning from zero to forty without knowing Shame to the people at the eagle square In the strength of its day our poverty machine started Let the sounds of trumpet sound even harder My people should hear a different sound today We have a winner here who speaks restoration Our people believed their ear to hear the positive Change our name and broaden the square For accommodation of our offsprings coming in geometic progression Make room for our participation for winners and losers It is our one square after all, whether poor and privileged Since our destination, 2020 is positive dream in the ear of all… « return. |