by Ositadimma Amakeze | |
Published on: May 15, 2006 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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Peace to your Souls So says the trader As there toes’re gored Beneath his gaulish Shoes They wail in tears and sweats Mingled with abelish-blood Streaking like a troubled Stream In their sorrow- burrowed souls Over-laden with his whims Injustice, avarice and vice “Your interest alone” he says. “I bear in my heart” What sorrows has his soul? When his fortress’s on the rocks Casting pebbles on the populace From the flesh of his fortress Harken to these woes Yours, your precipice and ruin Oh how this transient glory Blindfold the elders of the land They sit on their scrotum Like bull- frogs in the pond Who speaks with water in mouth? It’s their urine, who fools who! Here I humbly tender these woes To you elder, and elders of the land Our interest in heart I bear Why sleep on the oars? Dedicated to African Leaders and politicains, Nigeria's in particular. « return. |