Chima Njoku Ray

Lies and damned roaches;
Imo State got infested.
How did we get here?
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That's the view of St Mary's Tower,
From my house,
At number 1 Abel Agiriga Street, Okigwe;
A tower erected by the late Most Reverend Doctor Anthony Ilonu;
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Once upon a time in a certain land so distant, and yet so near; a certain group of mighty men banded together and came to the people, and swore a certain type of oath to them.

They swore to them: "We will keep digging for oil. We will keep digging until we find oil."
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Remember that subliminal picture:
Officer Derek Chauvin
Kneeling on poor George Floyd's neck,
Strangulating the life out of him?
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Morning time;
When I emerge from the darkness of night,
And sing to life:
'Welcome, little Miss Sunshine'.
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MY STROKES

In the river of life;
In the studios of life;
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Looking for a righteous politician in Nigeria
Is just like looking for the proverbial just man
In Sodom and Gomorah.
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So stoned.
So cold.
I wonder what happens next.
Monster headache.
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My dear countrymen and women;
Friends and foes in arms;
The ghosts of the past
Have begun to haunt us;
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