Niger Junta Poem by Tobi Oyesomi

NIGER JUNTA
I detest military junta
As much as a useless democracy
I detest the waging of war
As much as cross-border oppression

Of what use are the eyes
When they fail in divine duty of sight?
Of what benefit are the teeth
That lost the needed crushing force?
Of what good is a democracy
When hunger massacres people in the midst of plenty?
Of what gain is a civilian regime
When the leaders feed fat on the tax of dying masses?



Shan't we force the forces of the West and Middle East
To withdraw their oppressive hands off the Black race?
Shall we remain aground groaning and gasping for breath
Under the fierce strangulation and balls of heavy punches?

At these crucial demanding times of ours
Only if the leaders of the black homosapiens
Shall not meddle in the battle of the giants
But effect caution and ease to make peace
Lest our grassy land grows a bald head
Like a soil upon which two elephants wrestle

TOBI OYESOMI
August 2023