Nigerian Libraries of Yesterday

Repositories of The British-Donated:
Of texts like bombs detonated;
Books from their libraries discharged;
The-Given-Out, not a dime charged …

A Harvest of The Happily Released
Because of The New that must be increased;
Books that have lost The Right to Remain There,
Better reasonably dumped elsewhere
Between The Hard paper Back
Like strong keys to hack
And The Partly Fragile of Skin 
Whose sight sometimes win …

Books freely circulating British Philosophy 
But equally peddling America’s Theosophy; 
A growth presumed from Her Majesty’s Concern
For our Intellectual Darkness times ten!

Also, a reply to the worries of her users
Wanting to occupy seats sort of useless.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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