We Are Not Lazy Poem by Bonaventure Onuabuchi

We Are Not Lazy



The old tortoise farts again before his hailing hailers,
And its poignant smell nourishes our disgust
Should such silly sound ever from a father's cries?
So we are fatherless those in the Eastern hut.
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Like airs from broken ballons we stray,
From emptiness we do our cradle installing
Working our nests and crest from pure clay
We do not wait for the rotten mannas' coming.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: strength,youth
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Reacting to the President's claim that Nigerian youths are lazy
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