We . . .Not Frustrated(Prof. Olufemi Bamiro)uivc

WE . . . NOT FRUSTRATED Those whose mouth speak and ooze Only fire of a voluble vibrating vocabulary Those whose sin is just speaking for others In order for their other orders not to be ordered Those whose lives were almost snuffed Away by the ordered ultra-fascists gangsters Those whose words sparkles only fire To fire the unfired spirits into burn- fires Those whose political jargons-renditions Send thousands frenzy for action Those whose offence is probing beyond The nostril above their faces Those who are ostracized for louding the truth Above the speaker of the U and I garden These Are those my bird flock together with During the day in search of the night I among those given heavy knock on The head for these inequities known only to them I among those who are painted in stinker Toga Of Miscreants, Disgruntled elements,… I among those placed on a four season wheel-chair With a gun powder explosion underneath But For them their son that strike the cheek of a Porter More thunderous a slap to be queried nor be punished For them their sons and daughters whose oblongata Remains blank but full of giraffe and chips in the exams For them their stooges that converse with guns and goons For them that smile with axes, guns, daggers . . . To strike, shoot and maim others For them their anchors that knows nothing but something For out of their nothing lies violence and blood For they speaketh nor write For them their boys they present a golden plate of honour Found worthy in learning and character Doomed to become menace to the society For we . . . remain resolute For we . . . not frustrated For we . . . not cowed For we . . . unperturbed For we shall uphold the pillar of truth Until our struggle shall beam light en route the tunnel Alayande Stephen .T 12th February,2006 11.28am Conceptualised after my four semester rustication Verdict by Prof.Bamiro UI VC led SDC in University of Ibadan on the 31st of January,2006. A Promise to myself to refire the struggle not to retire.