He is just a little boy
Not even up to 6
With no mama and papa
He is living under the bridge
Surviving from your trash bin
Yet you are so selfish
You give all the leftover to doggy
You see him looking tattered
It’s no business of yours
Your children, they wear fine clothes
You’re happy, and tell them shuu from him
You call him baby devil, he looks like one now
Now he robs your house and he’s mean to you
He rapes your girls and shoots your woman
You’re bitter with rage, he is bitter with pain
He smiles at you with his brown caked teeth
He knows you sentenced his papa to death
And made his mama die on a rope
He ain’t gonna forgive you for that
‘You, the devil here’ he says to you
My papa, good man, you did evil
You blame him, they kill him, you alive
Mama, she gone mad, kill herself
Me I hate you, I shoot you, I hang you
Clean job, like I did no such thing
I go with your money, free man
You go for judgement, bastard!
No no! Too easy Mr, you die in pain
You begin to beg, he hits you hard
Now he shoots your girls, takes you with him
He buries you alive on the farm
And invites the birds to feast on his dinner
They pluck your eyes , you scream
They haunt your skin, you scream
He’s watching, laughing, enjoying it
No more life, he says, he takes you
Cook you spicy and steamy
Now he asks bingo to eat you
Good boy, good boy he says to doggy
touching truisms
hit the nail on the head
twisted prisms
show life of the dead
we are naked to the eyes of the world, pretenses and platitudes exposed
suddenly the façade has crumbleded to reveal our nation’s shame
the city on the hill…now slums in the gutter
teaching children to understand and respect all others
is hard when the fallacy of “with liberty and justice for all” echoes hollow…
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Reblogged this on The Nigerian Dream and commented:
Thought provoking Poem
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Thought provoking, political at best. Thumbs up
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Thanks Dante, I even forgot that I hadn’t yet titled it, oops. Thanks for stopping by
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Keep it up, you inspire me
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Thanks for those kind words
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You are welcome
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Thanks for reblogging, Merry Christmas to you
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