The Watchdog

I have seen them strutting like cockerels on podiums sweating like pigs in their ill-fitting suits words bubbling out of their snake forked tongues -democracy!- development!- unity! I have seen them lock themselves up in their posh grave tomblike cars, is it to avoid the dust of the potholed roads or the sight of poverty ridden comrades who crawl along the streets like sprayed bedbugs I have seen them prancing along the corridors of power thirsty for more, more and more always more while their comrades get less -Salaries – Allowances—Terms I have seen them preach peace but sow strife scream democracy while muffling fundamental rights promise development while worshiping corruption I have seen them torch the nation with careless words fanning the flames of hatred amongst comrades destroying – always destroying! I have seen them stamped like buffalo herds on the foundation of the nation till it stands on shattered and battered grounds constitution amendments – always amending! I have seen them do all these and more – always more but like a man condemned I stand on the sidelines watching—only watching!