A tribute to APC and the change they promised Nigerians

Neo-Colomental by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu

And the gods came

Making three mountains one

Striping the hood naked

In the name of clothing

Crudity in the name refining

And the gods left

For the godsons

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And the godsons

Having bath in Euphrates

Voyaging on the sea

Hercules of the gods

Smears to their hood

Sacrilege to the shrine

Godsons of the invaders

Well trained in theft

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And they came

In masked smiling

Sugarcoated words

Smiles,smiles like that on spell

In the opt for these

Dreams of home supposed

Hails! Sons of the gods

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And they came

Hunting preys in their hood

Caressing the sores of their gods

Salting the eyes of their kinsmen

Alajobi will ask I know

Thieves after thieves

They came swearing

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Just this yesterday again

Another group of felt-cheated

In the sharing of National yams

Specialised thieves came

Change! they sang

Every twinkle of their eye, Change!

Retrieving every words they made

Collecting looted loots for looters

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Just then, some goats came

Funding change the change

When did we turn your jokers

Sons of the gods; brothers

When the clarion shall

Call out loud

We will die together

Wiping out these

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Akodu Oluwaseun Shedrackis a student of English and Literary Studies, Ekiti State University. He writes with discretion, poet with passion. This poem was first published on poetry.wrr.ng

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