Not Once Did We Smile!
*for the young Nigerian IDP’s – Kayode Ogundamisi
Maiduguri on 27th
October 2015
Bang! Bang! Bang!
It is a bomb!
It is a gun!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
It is a gun!
It is a bomb!
Feet as hasty as a Jet!
Leaving footpaths for devils trail!
Chibok! Biu! Gwoza!
Now they gather for us!
They whom we trust and hope!
Vultures waiting to devour!
For they laugh smile and lie!
Clapping! Cladded in their best robes!
The Sahara sunshine penetrates jealously!
As we wonder if it is all about us!
We are dressed in borrowed robes!
Leaving behind a river of sorrow!
Not once did we smile!
As we Wonder Waiver and Shudder!
Not once did we smile!
As they Laugh Smile and Lie!
For they know not Chibok Biu and Gwoza.
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