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Mar 21
A few wealthy men,
Running around with power,
Laughing in the face of poverty,
Dressed in green and white and green;

A few powerful men,
Strutting around with fat wallets,
Sharing promises to the hopeless,
Allocating lies dressed in dishonesty;

A lot of angry people,
Hungry for something to believe in,
Never known a life of meaning,
Desperate for the chance of a lifetime.
Many people around here are either waiting to get into power to acquire stupendous wealth or already in power acquiring wealth stupendously.

With a population alleged to be two hundred million and more, you can imagine the level of frustration among those outside the one percent at the top that will, maybe, never exit the ninety-nine percent at the bottom.
Dada Olowo Eyo
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Dada Olowo Eyo  NIGERIA
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