A gallery attendee here,
A window dresser there.
That’s the way of it!
Pressure! Pile it on…
Except you deign another
4 years of dryness!
Another season of being
for all, yet for none!
Come on now, write yours ..
Yes, a letter you dimwit.
Pressure! Pile it on…
No more shoe string living.
Oh, how great were dem days
Breakfast in Dubai! Choi!!!
Croissant from Paris,
Caviar from Petersburg.
Cometh this man, cometh
starvation, privation!
Pile on the pressure!
He cannot even kaput in peace
Fool! Tight-fisted bastard.
Cause confusion, anarchy.
Trust our people, they’d
lap it all up. Write, grumble.
All aggrieved, unite!
Come, complain, harangue.
No more years, no more
for the scroungy old fool!
Confuse every issue,
Confound every one!
Coalition, yes! Nice word.
Tell the farmer, he is leading
the charge! What nonsense!
How can we live through
another season of this man?
We are united. We love ourselves.
© Adewale Adeniji. 05/02/2018.
*Alatika – a local word meaning revellers.
