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A a go-between street urchins and  the coy, 

in desperation to survive, 

after wasted years at a University.

As the Job of my envy delayed  
 

A go between 


on Lagos streets where mafias reign, 

From Oshodi to Mushin 

Ikorodu to Epe, 

Badagray to Ajegunle 

I roam and thought i had a Job.


A go between,

negotiating with criminals  

because there was no government 

a “community liaison officer”  

begging criminals to let me in,  

as Police are busy collecting bribes 

 
A go between 

At Fadeyi, where violence became a murder 

Mandated to ensure peace

where engineers could not go





A go between 

At Badagry where a local chief used his charm 

to harm me for more money 

The money for the development of his community 

A go between 

At Ikorodu among gun wielding marauders 

Youths whose destinies are kept on hold 

surviving through creed of crimes 

A go between 

with countless encounters  

at Surulere, Ilasa, Isolo, Ijegun 

where mafia control the streets 

as Police  backed out in Fear


A go between 

On Lagos Island 

the whole of Lagos a den of crime 

where government is a joke

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