Happy To Live In Sri Lanka

Previously happy to live in Sri Lanka,
Doing well as mover of tanker,
Even as Sri Lankan roads got busier
And traffic of the rush hours not easier…

Then, he was fatter and franker
But living far political demand;
Also, after Riches did he hanker
But more after a chance to command…

So, he had to bounce back to Nigeria 
But in her politics at the rear:
Always colliding with hateful ridicule, 
A bit invisible like molecule!

He needed not have left Sri Lanka
Where joy had been a sure banker… 
It’s been a Joyless Lip-Biting Ben
Often recreating Sri Lanka of then.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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