They shout at one another when buying and selling.
They argue over the ever increasing prices.
No one wants to clean up the gutters.
“Man must wak!” is most paramount.
Cure the diseases later. “na God de save person!”
They fight over “change” in the sandwiched crowded buses.
“Driver move before heat go kill us Oh!”
They unleash mob justice on the =N=10 robber.
But merely talk about the millions of naira robbers up there.
They curse the government under their breath.
“Haaaa!!!! NEPA!”
They are plunged into darkness.
Generator sets- a signage of survival. Its noise and hazard is preferred to silence.
Failed electoral process.
Probes; fear of Politicians.
But, some “Babas” are “sacred cows”
Myriads of desperate job seekers- “I have a degree sir. What skill do you have?”
“They did not teach us that one sir”…
Kidnapping- a new lucrative trade.
Poverty will not allow us think well.
chaka eze
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Ermm, lemme wait to see what @kaycee thinks çause I do not have kinds words and I don’t wanna dampen your spirit.
It is however, a spirited effort. Keep writing, you’ll get there.
It did not end well. kinda abrupt. perhaps its a style.
You made sense with this.
Well done, Welcome.
I like the idea and how it explores the tension amongst struggling Nigerians.
Its a serious subject matter rendered with some hilarity…
But like @kaycee said…the ending was too abrupt…it needs to land properly and have a denoument.
Still…well done….!
The abrupt end of the poem is fine by me. When ‘Everybody is angry’ there is no soft landing or logical conclusion…it ends when it end. Nice piece, well done
That second stanza got me nodding. All on point. But you need to work on better delivery.
‘Poverty will not allow us think well’. Not bad a piece! Well done!
Thank you all for your comments.