EASTER DAYS
Giving me health bangers,
WA ZO BIA should rest in peace,
Like a corpse in Requiem,
Like a dying man seeing,
Visions of the dead,
Nigeria is a leprosied dead.
Science and symptoms
Becomes soap opera,
Like Johnson's family on TV.
A sinner in search of salvation
Discovered the Cherokee Nation
So many look white
The fit was just right
What white man needs a reservation?
* BIA= Bureau of Indian Affairs
aka "Bossing Indians Around"
Spare a prayer for my fair Lady Spouse
Her last sigh was as shy as a mouse
She died in the snow
A moment ago
Frozen numb coming from the outhouse*
*Many Native Americans live in homes without electricity, plumbing, or heating, and Trump's shutdown of the BIA ( "Bossing Indians Around") prevented the sale of permits which allow Native Americans to collect firewood on their own land.
Ezigbo enyim nwoke bia ka anyi noro
Na ofu obi na ofu nhota ihe uwa a bu.
Ezigbo enyi nwoke bia ka enyi tinye
Aka ru sia obodo anyi bu Nigeria.
Ezigbo enyi nwoke egbula m
Igbuo m gini ga abu uru gi na uwa a,
Bia ka anyi jiri otu obi biri maka na
Otu obi ga eme ka obodo anyi ka nihu.
Jide aka m ka m jide nke gi,
Ebukwala ihe na obi ebe m no,
Werem ka nwanne gi ka anyi no di.
Ezigbo enyim nwoke, akujokwalam
Akutokwalam na azu maka ego.
Echi di ime, ezigbo enyi m nwoke,
Onweghi onye ma ihe echi ga amu;
Nwoke mabu nwayi, ka anyi chebe ihe echi ga abu.
Ezigbo enyi m nkwoke ka anyi jiri out obi biri na udo.
Three Nigerians,
One goes to the west and says “wa”,
And taught some south-Asians to say wah!
Another goes to the north and says “zo”,
And brought along some herds of zo!
The other goes to the east and says “bia”,
And learnt how to sell lots of beer!
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