This Is The Only Problem Poem by Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu

This Is The Only Problem



when will my one naira have value?
As one dollar or one euro or pounds?
is there anyone with so little a clue?
When I hear that in America, a cent
Can buy something meaningful
And in England, a shilling can afford a lot
But I see in Nigeria, that even five hundred naira
Can hardly afford a toothpick
When I heard that in America
a hundred dollar bill can make a borehole
Where in Nigeria, a hundred naira note
cannot afford a bag of sachet water.
When will the day come that
My fifty kobo will have value again?
I have monies, but i am in a land
Where these monies have no values
Even a thousand naira note
Cannot make a pot of soup
Everything is skyrocketing
Because the naira is of no value
This is the only problem
And the source of all other problems.

-Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu, Son of Man- S.O.M

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