My Country Has Two Faces
My country has two faces
A face where one thousand people share one toilet
And a face where one thousand toilets share one person
My country has two faces
A face where
In the farm there's no toilet
There is none in the plantation
The grounds are naked
You walk like a dancer
holding back the documents
rotting in your buttocks
Lest you mess your pants
my country has two faces
On the other face
A toilet sits and waits
For a user who never comes
Because at home there's a toilet
At the mall, a toilet
In the office, a toilet
In the kitchen, a toilet
In his yard, a toilet
At the lounge, the hallway, the holding room
A toilet here, a toilet there
There are toilets everywhere
One thousand toilets sharing one person.
What will the toilet do
While waiting?
My Country has two faces
The face of the well fed
with things that ever never change
And the face of the fed up
With things that never ever change
My Country has two faces
The face of those who vote
For those who matter
And those who matter
For those who vote
They all go back their opposite ways
My country has two faces
The face of jokers
Whose children study abroad
And the face of jackals
Whose children are studied abroad
Like stain on microscope
My country has two faces
The face of those who pray
With eyes closed
For them to see God
In His hallowed Throne
And the faces of those who pray
With their eyes open
As they monitor the devil too
They all say Amen
My country has two faces
The faces of those who fake a smile
And the faces of those who fake a cry
Before they all fade in vanity.
What if the pressure behind
The big bold boot bursts
Breaking the bottom banks
Spilling the spoils over the faces
The desperate toilets are mobilizing
The toilets are boiling
It will not be long
And we have two brand new faces
A fierce face to Fear
And another facing fear
My country has two faces
Let me hide my face!
Copyright © Peter Onyancha | Year Posted 2022
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