With Shits They Cheat! Poem by Jude Ogunade

With Shits They Cheat!

Having eyes to think
They use 'it' only to see
Having ears to comprehend
They use 'it' for spiteful fiend
Men born in ignorance
Grew up in arrogance
Thinking riches can save
Yet but all are slaves

As the rulers cook their shits
And with it they cheat.

She set up chop bars
To sell her children's shits
Thinking to make them better
Than all who eat her food

They have eaten the shits
Now, he can cheat them!
The funds are now for him
See our shouts in vain!

How much is serving shits
Will cost those who shed blood
To attain ignoble floors?

Alas the truth is out
Since Jogs has Olumide said it all
We all eat shits, no wonder they cheat

Their tears are fake
The funds they rake
Straight into their pockets

The 'Owanbe' guilds have eating shits
And with it, the rulers cheat!

Not knowing the 'wuruji'
They beam smiles with 'cholera'!

Alas the truth is out!
The masses refuse the shits
Rush to the streets
Demand your wealth to see.

Your shackles are now in vain
Let your pain open your eyes

Now, think with your sight
Comprehend with your ears!

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Growing up in secondary school days, I had a school mate who liked adding 'igbe' (shits in the English language) to all of our names...This wonderful guy was like talking to us in parables...His reasons which he did not really divulged, occupied my mind until later when I was cheated in the university and it dawned on me the wise and careful 'crypt' of Olumide Olayinka...Those who will cheat us, will first give us their SHITS to eat...after ensuring that, then they cheat us...and so it is in the larger society...IT IS JUST THAT MANY DO NOT NOTICE!
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Jude Ogunade

Jude Ogunade

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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