The poem, “About Time” is a lamentation over the political and social realities in Nigeria. Sam Kichoka makes a case for an aversion of the oppressive conditions that come with the weaponization of poverty. This reads like a protest poem and a lamentation at the same time but it makes a delightful read.
Kwaghkule, Jacob – Contributing Editor (Poetry)
About Time
It’s about time
They beat their gongs
And promise to lick our pain
Yet beneath every word lay thorns.
It’s about time
They roam the streets of the
Common man with mints as it’s
The norm just to bait us into misery.
It’s about time
We refuse to sway to their tunes
Like the leaves do to the wind
Else our teeth gnash and bodies ache.
It’s about time
Exchange of hands
Fail to birth the
Beginning of our end.
Contributor’s Bio
Sam is a young writer and a graduate from Nigeria, hoping to impact the world through his writing. Send him an email via kichokassam@gmail.com
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Great mind on the surface. Welldone, bro
I engaged literary too especially poetry, @ http://www.poetry.com/poet/Sam+Madeyin