Revolution In Togo

NEWS Item AP: TOGO LOME – In an effort to topple a government set up to end a 24 year dictatorship rebellious army troops seized the state broadcasting station yesterday, then left the building but returned several hours later and recaptured it. Up to six people died in the clashes. The rebels forced a broadcaster to report demands that the prime minister Joseph Koffigoh resign and dissolve the high council set up to oversee the transition from military rule to democracy. Revolution in Togo I was lying on my lawn chair on a sunny summer day With a dozen pack of Heineken and there I planned to stay My wife came screaming from the house, most upset I must say She knew there was trouble brewing, that I’d have to go away In her hand she had the newspaper, waved it wildly in my face I looked quickly at the headline and my heart began to race What, I cried, a revolution? That could not be the case! A revolution out in Togo? But we all came from that place! “That’s impossible” I shouted, it is such a peaceful place A revolution out in Togo? What a terrible disgrace! I wondered what was brewing, what the problem there could be My imagination then took over and the rest is history I could see the picture clearly, I could see it all come down It was all about the money, and the purse strings of the town John Mulroy’d been in opposition for two terms maybe three He was sick of watching the corruption and all the bribery The foreigners came from Makaroff and San Clara and took hold Taking all the jobs and contracts, lined their pockets with our gold Johns support from Runnymede and Kamsack were stuck outside Getting menial jobs and thinking they’d been taken for a ride Rollie Hamel was Johns inside man, he was working for the town Telling John what was going on and what was coming down John was now determined to stop the debauchery And raise himself an army to set the people free He got the Nabe boys and the Burbacks and a couple of their friends To mount an armed insurrection and bring this to an end They quickly took the broadcast station in the back of Richies’ store Within two hours the regular army came crashing through the door What a standoff as they stared each other down with dirty looks Talking about the law and the dubious entries in the village books It was turning ugly for no one was backing down But Richie’s store was also the only liquor store in town In the meantime I had panicked with a sense of responsibility For there are times when a man must fight to protect his dignity I sold my house and all my toys to buy supplies and guns To try and save the homeland from the invading Huns I arrived in Togo just in time to get to Richies’ store And found a bunch of bodies lying passed out on the floor What happened? I cried, with dread to anyone that could hear John Mulroy said, with groggy head, t’was the best party of the year “We came down last night to have a beer and watch the hockey game Drank a too much and passed out on the floor here, what a shame We drank up all the whiskey, the whole supply in town Then we finished off the moonshine as the third period wound down” I said “What happened to the revolution going on here at home?” He looked at my newspaper article and said “No, that says in Lome” Lome I said, confused now, where the hell is Lome? He said that’s in a place called Togo, I said well…. that is my home…..? He said “No you idiot, that’s not here, it’s an African country Everybody’s heard about it”, I thought “Yeah, everyone but me” I said “Damn it, I’ve got loads of equipment, what can I do with it?” He said “Sell it I guess, to tell the truth I don’t really give a ****” So, I have two dozen crossbows, two hundred arrows and 3 Willis jeeps I came fully prepared to fight the war, prepared to play for keeps I have enough stores and weapons so any revolution I can dowse I’m trying hard to sell it now so I can buy a house