Mar 2020
Under the hardship of poverty,
And persistent lack of anything comfortable,
The people have turned a brutal lot,
Not minding whether their leaders perish;
But why blame them?
All they have known is impoverishment,
From cradle to grave is a struggle,
With no affection from the top;
The people attend rotten hospitals,
Learn, if at all, in crumbling schools,
Move around in rusty public transport,
And are buried in overgrown graveyards;
And when the forces bless their tormentors-in-chief,
With ailments of Eastern origins,
And cannot go to Western lands for cure,
The people are glad, and dance to karma's melodious rhythms.
And persistent lack of anything comfortable,
The people have turned a brutal lot,
Not minding whether their leaders perish;
But why blame them?
All they have known is impoverishment,
From cradle to grave is a struggle,
With no affection from the top;
The people attend rotten hospitals,
Learn, if at all, in crumbling schools,
Move around in rusty public transport,
And are buried in overgrown graveyards;
And when the forces bless their tormentors-in-chief,
With ailments of Eastern origins,
And cannot go to Western lands for cure,
The people are glad, and dance to karma's melodious rhythms.
Unconfirmed rumours are rife that Nigeria's president, vice president, chief-of-staff to the president and a number of aides may likely be infected by COVID19.
The word on the street is that the old men in power may just be getting a tatse of their own medicine as they are forced to use the neglected health facilities they budgeted humongous sums for over four to five years.
And the people are generally in expectation of the worst for their leaders that have never shown them any form of concern in previous times.
Interesting times indeed.
The word on the street is that the old men in power may just be getting a tatse of their own medicine as they are forced to use the neglected health facilities they budgeted humongous sums for over four to five years.
And the people are generally in expectation of the worst for their leaders that have never shown them any form of concern in previous times.
Interesting times indeed.
