Joseph C Ogbonna Poet Rhyme

The Nigerian Reality

In Nigeria, obnoxious decrees seal my lips.
Edicts made and interpreted by rubber stamps
are enforced by judicial merchants and chief whips.

I risk going to the gulag and confinement camps
if I don't sugar coat fudging and deceit.

I must sugar-coat and seal my lips with sugar,
with the sweet lure of toadying that makes me bigger,
or unveil malfeasance and have my abrupt exit.

Each prerogative denied comes with a reward;
The prerogative of elusive energy 
The prerogative of the residents' award
The prerogative of the school leavers' Energie
The prerogative of entitled wellbeing 
The prerogative of mandatory instruction
elude all, but benefit few by decreeing.
Toxic decreeing of rationing and privation.
The misery of all benefits a select few;
A chosen cabal in the radar of government's view.

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