Wilderness In the Rainforest
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This is a poem about Nigeria. Nigeria is a Nation of 521 different tribes and 9 extinct ones (lines 1 & 2). It is the most populous black Nation and one out of every five black Africans is a Nigerian (lines 3, 4 & 5). The first known settlers of the country are those from the NOK tribe (line 6). A town in Nigeria with the name Igbo-Ore is known to have the most twin birth incidence in the world, in fact, at least 4 times more than any other part of the world (line 8) and it also inhabits the most diversified butterflies in the world (line 9). Despite its rich natural & human resources, it is still one of the poorest in the world (lines 11- 15). Hope you enjoy it and feel very free to add more facts about Nigeria.
It is a tree of five hundred one and twenty different fruits
with nine others totally disenfranchised
in a garden of more than a colour of grapes
a black bunch out of every five same
is its numerical contribution in such defined location
A flowing stream, originating from the Nok aboriginals
has created different hundreds of tributaries
in its inland is a town where fertility is ambidextrous
and the most diversified of the colourful flying beauties
is found within its territory
A family possessing envious wealth but seemingly a myth
b’cos of the Mephistophelian deeds of its guardians
its house, built on land where toothpick germinates to a monstrous tree
and man power capable of producing half a continent of sky scrapers
yet six out of every ten of its members
are less comfortable than a pet in the west
Copyright © Funom Makama | Year Posted 2015
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