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HEARTLESS PATRIOTS

Once again, they horde the fuel Tricking everyone to blame the gov't spoil. Weeks ago, they pledged loyalty To serve her faithfully with all might Yet here they are, inflating prices, pocketing taxes. They saluted the flag with pride so grand But in their eyes, Sierra Leone is a battlefield Where, like a jungle, the fittest survives Even if leaving compatriots to die To a grueling inferno on a highway drive. Like a puppeteers, they toy with prices Steal and champion every vice there is Their loyalty to the country is a hollow shell Where offsprings of deception dwell Their places of worship arenas to trample the hearts of their compatriots Treating each of us like idiots. A heartless patriot, an empty shelf Striving to fill up, putting country behind self. Wretched monsters by all indication Boasting of knowledge and the best education But the day of reckoning looms, where truth will eclipse their deceit.

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