The Slavery Of Today Poem by Tony Adah

If a man be born into freedom
What ties him into bondage?
His tongue that hides in cheek
And says nothing of the bad
His throat that shallows more
On a platter of greed
While the rest stay famished.
Do not speak of the ills of
The president if he's from your clan
Clap for him if his food is nepotism
Be mute so everything goes wrong
This is the air that fans the embers
Of slavery and servitude,
A cog in the wheel of patriotism
And the bars that keep the citizens
In a gaol of maximum security
Perpetually for the oppressors
To conquer.