“The chicken that always rushes to pick the grains from the Master’s hands is not foolish – he simply has not heard the tale of the visitor’s meat; of Easter; Thanksgiving and Christmas.”
Those who know the tale struggle out of the barn for theirs. The animals revolt and pursue: Who would be the new scapegoat… eh, scape-animal? And the wealth of the eggs?
The meat might be excused but not the eggs!
Enough is enough and so, the pecking begins but what much is the fight of the chicken when there is a convergence… when the grains slowly cut off?
Things get rough
The deaths pile up and on, support from kin reducing to the side of Animal United
Then, Father Chicken leaves…
The rising sun setting
All is lost, everyone believes
Heart letting…
Big Chicken leads all back
As Animal United seize the attack and welcomes them back…
To the slaughter of the all united United… well, more for the eggs…
Then, they struggle at the dregs…
United-
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Su’eddie Vershima AGEMA, lives in Abuja and Makurdi, Nigeria. He was exposed to Literature at an early age by a father who kept the tradition of the moonlight tales, complete with acting roles, local lore, and cultural songs. There was also a mother who bought the best of African literary titles, from Chinua Achebe to every famous writer of the Heinemann fame. Agema takes a special interest in the various faces of humour in life and literature. Agema also has a keen interest in African and Post-Colonial Writings and has published some research on them. He loves making friends and is open to criticism. He blogs at http://sueddie.wordpress.com and has a Fanpage on Facebook.Go to Sueddie Agema's profile, and read more of his/her posts.
12 Responses to “PATRIOTS DIVIDED, BACK IN ONE”
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for some reason I found this a bit hillarious, quite an interesting way to describe unity.
Nice concept.
Hmm…Nice concept, but the thing loss me oh!
Make I no lie, this surpasse me!
What do I say? @Scopeman, it seems like you are the main person feeling me. Thanks
@ Jaywriter: THanks… @Raymond and @Lawal Opeyemi Isaac, the thing no too hard na… Na simple tale like Animal Farm…you fit think am in many areas even Biafra…All the same sha, na Unity carry the thing chiefly. It is a poetic tale that forms the intro to a section in Shrine Tale that deals with issues of unity and all.
i read this and i thought Snowball, napoleon evening before i saw your Animal Farm comment.
i am over-feeling you. you dont write drab poetry. well done
@Raymond. & @Opsy…
Bloody concept, bloody hell,
by heavns I swear, I got lost as well,
Shall I call dis poetry, shal I call it drama?
I ponder, shall I ask the chiken farmer?
@Blaise, na u sabi!
Ha!!! Don’t mind the concept jo…but I think you should ask Obasanjo or even Gowon…they might have an explanation 
@Xikay, thanks bro…you really are inspiring…if everyone dey like you, I for don be Shakespeare. I still de think that our thing on @Raymond… that vampire has something in store for him…:)
me i don DE-TWIN the guy sef,..i no wan winch for my dreams
Yeah…it was pretty self-explanatory to me…especially the united at the end.
Guy…you’re really talented. Nice concept.
Lol…this is doing something to someone.
@Seun-Odukoya, I didn’t comment but should have done so, forgive me. Thanks very much for the compliment. Honoured that you like the poem - you, Elder Seun!! Well, I would save this as one of those times when your words went straight, forgetting those last lines
So my words sabi curve abi?
Thanks for the ….