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Crazy Display

When belly hungers for food , Legs travel abroad to waste money on shoes , Heads are bald without hats or caps , Skins covered with leopard skin and still feel cold, Mouths speak verbose words of shame . Covetousness reigns supreme , As kindness swims in deep sea of oblivion , Wickedness shows his nakedness on the street , Video by innocent kids of the media . When would our leaders stop this crazy display ?, Whether upper or lower house , Corruption runs deep and very naïve , Veracity is bitter and sweet . Bills were passed to favour their pockets , Mace –an instrument of authority for oppression and display of tomfoolery moves up and down , “Decorum!, decorum!! in the house “shouts from the room, As some remain seated in deep sleep…snoring ; Orphans ,widows and the poor remain rejected and dejected, As my stomach grumbles and rumbles with pain and …. 8-13-2018

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